CVE•Published 2026-09-08•Modified 2026-09-11•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-86078N8n · N8n

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 80% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 2.37.7 and 2.38.2, the Instance AI workflow summary used node names and connection keys from stored workflows as ordinary object keys. A workflow submitted through the REST API could contain __proto__ or constructor, causing nested writes to reach Object.prototype in the main n8n process and disrupt later requests. The affected function is summarizeWorkflowStructure in packages/@n8n/instance-ai/src/tools/workflows/summarize-workflow.ts. This issue is fixed in versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.

Timeline

Published 2026-09-08

Modified 2026-09-11

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-86078

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"N8n N8n"

All exposed N8n N8n instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"N8n"

HTTP body or banner mentions "N8n" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-86078