n8n versions before 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AI Agents feature where the node-execution tool lacks proper authorization checks. A Project Viewer user can escalate privileges by chatting with an agent that has node tools enabled, executing arbitrary nodes and accessing credential secrets without proper authorization verification.
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"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/65xxx/CVE-2026-65015.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-863"
]
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.29.8"
},
{
"introduced": "2.30.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "2.30.0"
}
],
"source": [
"CPE_RANGE",
"CPE_STRING"
],
"cpe": [
"cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*",
"cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*"
]
}