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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-9pq8-m8gp-4p53)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 443270

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 1.123.48, 2.21.8, and 2.22.4, an
 authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows containing a Python Code Node could
 escape the sandbox and achieve arbitrary code execution on the task runner container. This vulnerability
 is fixed in 1.123.48, 2.21.8, and 2.22.4. (CVE-2026-49444)

Solution

Update the n8n library and its related packages to version 1.123.48 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pq8-m8gp-4p53

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443270

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/16/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.81

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-49444

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-49444

cwe: CWE-20