GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g
Downstream
Withdrawn
2026-07-22T22:24:20Z
Published
2026-07-08T15:32:01Z
Modified
2026-07-22T22:31:05Z
Severity
  • 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/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: Improper Authorization Allows Authenticated Users to Assign Workflows to Folders in Other Projects
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-2xgm-wc4g-5jvg. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

n8n before 2.28.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability allowing authenticated users to assign workflows to folders in other projects. Attackers can bypass project and folder authorization boundaries by supplying crafted request payloads during workflow creation, causing logical integrity violations in target project folder structures.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-639"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-07-22T22:24:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-07-08T14:17:20Z",
    "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
"< 2.28.0"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g.json"