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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439230

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 2.6.4 and 1.123.23, an authenticated
 user without permission to list external secrets could reference a secret by the external name in a
 credential and retrieve its plaintext value when saving the credential. This bypassed the
 `externalSecret:list` permission check and allowed access to secrets stored in connected vaults without
 admin or owner privileges. This issue requires the instance to have an external secrets vault configured.
 The attacker must know or be able to guess the name of a target secret. The issue has been fixed in n8n
 versions 1.123.23 and 2.6.4. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the
 vulnerability. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following
 temporary mitigations: Restrict n8n access to fully trusted users only, and/or disable external secrets
 integration until the patch can be applied. These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should
 only be used as short-term mitigation measures. (CVE-2026-33722)

Solution

Update the n8n library and its related packages to version 1.123.23 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439230

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/26/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33722

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33722

cwe: CWE-863