n8n versions before 1.123.73, 2.35.4, and 2.36.2 contain an expression sandbox escape in the $fromAI handler. $fromAI resolved a caller-supplied placeholder name without requiring it to be an own property and admitted reserved keys; against a primitive input value it returned a live host-prototype reference. An attacker with workflow-build privilege can walk the prototype chain to the Function constructor and compile/execute arbitrary code in the main n8n process, leading to remote code execution.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85169.json"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.123.73"
},
{
"introduced": "2.0.0"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"fixed": "2.36.2"
}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
}