GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
Aliases
Published
2026-03-25T22:05:44Z
Modified
2026-03-25T22:26:20Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
n8n Has External Secrets Authorization Bypass in Credential Saving
Details

Impact

An authenticated user without permission to list external secrets could reference a secret by the external name in a credential and retrieve its plaintext value when saving the credential. This bypassed the externalSecret:list permission check and allowed access to secrets stored in connected vaults without admin or owner privileges.

  • This issue requires the instance to have an external secrets vault configured.
  • The attacker must know or be able to guess the name of a target secret.

Patches

The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.23 and 2.6.4. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:

  • Restrict n8n access to fully trusted users only.
  • Disable external secrets integration until the patch can be applied.

These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-03-25T22:05:44Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-03-25T19:16:51Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / n8n

Package

Name
n8n
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/n8n

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.123.23

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p.json"

npm / n8n

Package

Name
n8n
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/n8n

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
2.0.0-rc.0
Fixed
2.6.4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p.json"