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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-wrwr-h859-xh2r)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441873

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 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7, an
 authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could bypass the patch for CVE-2026-42232
 in the XML node. When combined with other nodes, this could lead to RCE on the n8n host. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7. (CVE-2026-44791)

Solution

Update the n8n library and its related packages to version 1.123.43 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrwr-h859-xh2r

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441873

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44791

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44791