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n8n-io/n8n · Security

n8n has Potential Remote Code Execution via Merge Node

GHSA ID
GHSA-wxx7-mcgf-j869
CVE ID
CVE-2026-27497
Severity
critical
Published
Updated
CVSS
9.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3
9.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4
9.4 · 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

Description

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.

CWEs

  • CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
  • CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

References

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