GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w

Aliases

CVE-2026-59208

Published

2026-07-22T21:59:15Z

Modified

2026-07-22T22:16:06Z

Severity

7.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

n8n: Cross-Issuer Token Exchange Account Binding via Subject-Only Identity Resolution

Details

Impact

When an n8n instance is configured with more than one trusted token-exchange issuer, external identities are resolved to local accounts using only the JWT sub claim, ignoring the issuer (iss). As a result, two different issuers that emit the same subject value map to the same local account.

An attacker who can obtain a valid token from one trusted issuer with a sub matching a victim registered under a different issuer can authenticate as that victim and access their account.

This issue only affects instances where the token exchange feature is enabled and more than one trusted external issuer is configured.

Patches

The issue has been fixed in n8n version 2.28.1. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability.

Workarounds

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

If multiple trusted issuers are not required, reduce the token exchange configuration to a single trusted issuer.
Disable the token exchange feature entirely if it is not in active use.

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

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-287",
        "CWE-346"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-07-22T21:59:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-07-09T16:16:46Z",
    "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

2.28.0

Fixed

2.28.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w.json"

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

2.27.4

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w/GHSA-mq3m-f8x3-579w.json"