CVE-2026-59254

medium

Description

n8n before 2.28.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where external secrets are incorrectly resolved in workflow node expressions outside credentials scope. Authenticated project editors can read plaintext external secret values by referencing them in node expressions without requiring explicit secrets access permissions.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-external-secrets-disclosure-via-workflow-node-expressions

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-2434-3x6q-8r99

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-15

Updated: 2026-07-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00265