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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-h44j-f5r5-ph73)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445168

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 2.27.4 and 2.28.1, the AI Agents feature did
 not enforce the Allowed HTTP Request Domains restriction configured on credentials when an MCP tool was
 pointed at an arbitrary URL, allowing a member-level user with use-only access to a shared credential to
 send its secret to an external server they control. This issue is fixed in versions 2.27.4 and 2.28.1.
 (CVE-2026-59207)

Solution

Update the n8n library and its related packages to version 2.27.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h44j-f5r5-ph73

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445168

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/23/2026

Updated: 7/23/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.77

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59207

cwe: CWE-693