n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 contains a credential guard bypass vulnerability that allows editors of shared workflows to use restricted credentials by loading sub-workflows from URLs or local files. Attackers can configure the Execute Sub-workflow node with source url or localFile to serve content that resolves project credentials and returns their decrypted values.
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000
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| Description | n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 contains a credential guard bypass vulnerability that allows editors of shared workflows to use restricted credentials by loading sub-workflows from URLs or local files. Attackers can configure the Execute Sub-workflow node with source url or localFile to serve content that resolves project credentials and returns their decrypted values. | |
| Title | n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 Credential Guard Bypass via Execute Sub-workflow | |
| First Time appeared |
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N8n n8n |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-28T18:59:48.389Z
Reserved: 2026-10-28T17:28:46.441Z
Link: CVE-2026-118675
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-28T19:17:33.420
Modified: 2026-10-28T19:17:33.540
Link: CVE-2026-118675
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Updated: 2026-10-28T20:45:15Z
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