GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869
Aliases
Published
2026-02-25T21:23:30Z
Modified
2026-02-28T05:14:22.379694Z
Severity
  • 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.4 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
n8n has Potential Remote Code Execution via Merge Node
Details

Impact

An authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could leverage the Merge node's SQL query mode to execute arbitrary code and write arbitrary files on the n8n server.

Patches

The issues have been fixed in n8n versions 2.10.1, 2.9.3, and 1.123.22. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate all known vulnerabilities.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations: - Limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only. - Disable the Merge node by adding n8n-nodes-base.merge to the NODES_EXCLUDE environment variable.

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

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-89",
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-25T21:23:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-25T23:16:21Z"
}
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
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.123.22

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869.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
Fixed
2.9.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869.json"

npm / n8n

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
2.10.0
Fixed
2.10.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869/GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869.json"