CVE•Published 2026-10-28•Modified 2026-10-28•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-118642
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated members to use inaccessible credentials through inline sub-workflow nodes with non-boolean disabled values. Attackers knowing a credential id can run Execute Workflow nodes in inline JSON mode that skip the permission check and send decrypted credentials to attacker-controlled servers.
Timeline
Published 2026-10-28
Modified 2026-10-28
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-118642Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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