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CVE-2026-65595
n8n before 2.30.1 and 2.29.8 assigns all Public API key scopes to JWTs issued through the Token Exchange module regardless of the acting user's role. On instances where the Token Exchange feature and Public API are enabled, a low-privileged user who can obtain a valid external JWT trusted by a configured issuer can use the resulting access token to invoke administrator-only Public API operations such as role escalation, user creation, and user deletion (role escalation requires an Advanced Permi
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
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- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /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_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /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_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /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_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /containers/cna/affected/1
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.9,"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:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-777w-rpr6-c52h)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-777w-rpr6-c52h"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: n8n before 2.30.1 Privilege Escalation via Token Exchange","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-token-exchange"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6ee4342368cf1324ba75a00408375d4de8cceefee6280f6505e0e511a379aa36 · sha256:9134090d91b0c324… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
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