CVE-2026-103246

high

Description

n8n versions before 2.39.6 and 2.40.0 before 2.40.1 fail to validate credential ownership during inline agent node-tool introspection. Attackers can reference arbitrary credential IDs to decrypt and exfiltrate plaintext secrets to attacker-controlled hosts without ownership verification.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-2.39.6-and-2.40-x-before-2.40.1-credential-disclosure-via-node-tool-introspection

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-9rhv-fhr8-7q5r

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-90750

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-01

Updated: 2026-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00258