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CVE-2026-65015

n8n versions before 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AI Agents feature where the node-execution tool lacks proper authorization checks. A Project Viewer user can escalate privileges by chatting with an agent that has node tools enabled, executing arbitrary nodes and accessing credential secrets without proper authorization verification.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:3d31d90502cd38d14fd3f96a2f18eb2eddfbac5cf15da9bf25b558952c747256
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/n8n","product":"n8n","vendor":"n8n-io","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.30.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.30.1","versionType":"semver"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/n8n","product":"n8n","vendor":"n8n-io","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.29.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.29.8","versionType":"semver"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/n8n","product":"n8n","vendor":"n8n-io","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.30.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.30.1","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/n8n","product":"n8n","vendor":"n8n-io","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.29.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.29.8","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7.2,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"LOW"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-863","description":"Incorrect Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-x5vx-c2c8-m3w9)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-x5vx-c2c8-m3w9"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: n8n before 2.30.1 Privilege Escalation via run_node_tool","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-run-node-tool"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:43ead8104ff306dfea1e9093833787ee91843c64e7ff488d2d5a5f437e216ac1 · sha256:59a24296da942e1d… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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