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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-679f-58pq-4v2c)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 447917

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 2.37.7 and 2.38.2, the Instance AI workflow
 summary used node names and connection keys from stored workflows as ordinary object keys. A workflow
 submitted through the REST API could contain __proto__ or constructor, causing nested writes to reach
 Object.prototype in the main n8n process and disrupt later requests. The affected function is
 summarizeWorkflowStructure in packages/@n8n/instance-ai/src/tools/workflows/summarize-workflow.ts. This
 issue is fixed in versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2. (CVE-2026-86078)

Solution

Update the n8n library and its related packages to version 2.37.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-679f-58pq-4v2c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 447917

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/14/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-86078

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-86078