Unbounded OAuth client creation in n8n lets attackers fill disk
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
n8n before 2.41.4 and from 2.42.0 before 2.42.1 is affected. The unauthenticated OAuth authorize endpoint stores the caller's raw client identifier as the record key, so identifiers that differ only in their query string create separate first-party client records that bypass the registration cap (CWE-770). An unauthenticated remote attacker can create unlimited client records, growing the database until the disk fills.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
n8n before 2.41.4 and 2.42.x before 2.42.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the unauthenticated OAuth authorize endpoint, which resolves clients by URL path but stores the caller's raw identifier as the record key. Unauthenticated attackers can send identifiers differing only in their query string to create unlimited first-party client records that bypass the registration cap, growing the database until the disk fills.
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
Upgrade n8n to version 2.41.4 or 2.42.1.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA n8n (n8n-io) Fixed in 2.41.4, 2.42.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
n8n-io n8n 2.41.4, 2.42.1
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-74536 Signature bypass in n8n Send-and-Wait waiting-webhook endpointPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-74530 SQL injection in n8n Microsoft SQL node via Query fieldPriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-74532 Prototype pollution in n8n MCP tool enables owner account takeoverPriority LOW 35
Timeline
- 2026-10-15 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110843
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-82991 Code execution in n8n via deprecated Function nodes CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-35293 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Chat Trigger component of N8N v1.95.3… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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