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CRITICAL 9.6

GHSA-pmqw-72cg-wx85

n8n: Credential Exfiltration via Permission Bypass

Details

## Impact A member-level user with editor access to a shared workflow could reference credentials they do not own via specific public API endpoints. Credential ownership checks were only enforced partially leading to cross-user credential access.

This issue affects instances where workflow sharing is enabled and at least one workflow has been shared with a member-level user as an Editor.

## Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.55, 2.25.7, and 2.26.2. 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 workflow sharing to fully trusted users only. - Audit shared workflows for unexpected credential references or recent modifications.

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

**Credits:** Momen Elkhouli

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Affected packages

npm / n8n
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.123.55
Fix npm install n8n@1.123.55
npm / n8n
Introduced in: 2.26.0 Fixed in: 2.26.2
Fix npm install n8n@2.26.2
npm / n8n
Introduced in: 2.0.0-rc.0 Fixed in: 2.25.7
Fix npm install n8n@2.25.7

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