CVE-2026-72773

medium

Description

n8n before 2.31.5 and 2.32.x before 2.32.1 contain a path-confinement bypass in the @n8n/computer-use file-search (search_files) tool. A crafted search pattern can bypass the base-directory confinement check and expand to locations outside the configured directory, causing the tool to return the names and contents of arbitrary local files readable by the daemon's OS user. Any deployment where an actor can influence the tool's search input is affected.

References

Advisories

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-path-traversal-via-computer-use-search-files

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-pf2q-pxhf-hgmw

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-11

Updated: 2026-09-01

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: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00381