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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-hv53-3329-vmrm)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437561

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to versions 1.118.0 and 2.4.0, a vulnerability
 in the Merge node's SQL Query mode allowed authenticated users with permission to create or modify
 workflows to write arbitrary files to the n8n server's filesystem potentially leading to remote code
 execution. This issue has been patched in versions 1.118.0 and 2.4.0. (CVE-2026-25056)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv53-3329-vmrm

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 437561

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25056

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25056