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SCA: security update for n8n (GHSA-q5wm-mgqx-fv2f)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 447922

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 credential
 setup flow accepted a credential test or verification URL without checking that it matched the workflow
 node's origin. Attacker-controlled fetched content could influence that URL after a user injected it into
 the setup flow, causing authenticated requests, redirects, or probes to reach another origin. The affected
 logic includes packages/@n8n/instance-ai/src/tools/workflows/credential-utils.ts and the
 extractServiceOrigin origin derivation. This issue is fixed in versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
 (CVE-2026-86074)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q5wm-mgqx-fv2f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 447922

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: 3.5

Percentile: 51.54

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-86074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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-2026-86074

cwe: CWE-918