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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-57g9-58c2-xjg3)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441874

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 inject CLI flags on the Git node's
 Push operation allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files from the n8n server potentially leading to
 full compromise. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7. (CVE-2026-44790)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-57g9-58c2-xjg3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441874

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 6/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.98

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44790

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: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44790

cwe: CWE-88