n8n before 1.123.73 Credential Exposure via Error Logging
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
n8n before 1.123.73, 2.35.4, and 2.36.2 contains a credential exposure vulnerability in the Strapi, SeaTable, and Mailcheck nodes. These nodes send their decrypted credentials to the authentication endpoint via the raw legacy HTTP helper outside any error handling, causing the plaintext secret to be persisted in execution error data. Any authenticated user can read the plaintext secret from their own execution through the REST API, bypassing the blank-value redaction enforced by the credentials API.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA n8n (n8n-io) Fixed in 1.123.73
- Fix · CNA n8n (n8n-io) Fixed in 2.36.2
- Fix · CNA n8n (n8n-io) Fixed in 2.35.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
n8n-io n8n 2.35.4, 2.36.2
8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-58502 n8n before 1.123.73 Remote Code Execution via $fromAI Prototype LeakPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-58501 n8n before 1.123.73 Remote Code Execution via Git NodePriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-58498 n8n before 2.36.2 Expression Sandbox Bypass via SpreadElementPriority LOW 34
- Release ·
n8n-io n8n 1.123.73
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-58502 n8n before 1.123.73 Remote Code Execution via $fromAI Prototype LeakPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2026-58501 n8n before 1.123.73 Remote Code Execution via Git NodePriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-58503 n8n before 1.123.73 Local File Read and SSRF via Gmail and Brevo nodesPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85171
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjvm-mg9c-jcjc
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · CNA
References
More N8n vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-42131 n8n Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Expression Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-17560 n8n Vulnerable to Unauthenticated File Access via Improper Webhook Request Handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-01167 Authenticated users can bypass the Expression sandbox mechanism to achieve full remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-00644 Sandbox escape in n8n Python task runner allows for arbitrary code execution on the underlying host. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-35293 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Chat Trigger component of N8N v1.95.3… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-12275 The n8n package 0.218.0 for Node.js allows Escalation of Privileges. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-85171 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85171 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jjvm-mg9c-jcjc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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