GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2/GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2
Withdrawn
2026-07-22T22:23:04Z
Published
2026-07-15T12:32:03Z
Modified
2026-07-22T22:31:07Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
Duplicate Advisory: n8n: External Secrets Accessible via Workflow Expressions Outside Credentials
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-2434-3x6q-8r99. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

n8n before 2.28.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where external secrets are incorrectly resolved in workflow node expressions outside credentials scope. Authenticated project editors can read plaintext external secret values by referencing them in node expressions without requiring explicit secrets access permissions.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-639"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-07-22T22:23:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-07-15T12:18:17Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / n8n

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range
"< 2.27.4"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2/GHSA-3j7v-fhjg-6rh2.json"