highVulnerability

CVE-2026-65591

## Impact The legacy expression evaluator's computed-member sanitizer can be bypassed by an authenticated user with workflow create or modify permissions. Successful exploitation grants the attacker host-level code execution as the n8n process. The legacy expression engine is the default engine in affected versions. ## Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. ## Workarounds If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations: - Restrict n8n instance access to fully trusted users only. - Switch to the non-legacy expression engine by setting `N8N_EXPRESSION_ENGINE=vm`. These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-pm35-fqvh-cq5g
summary
n8n: Legacy Expression Evaluator Sanitizer Bypass Leads to Authenticated Code Execution
severity
high
epss_score
0.00481
cve_id
CVE-2026-65591
is_ghsa_only
false
ghsa_published
2026-07-22T22:02:04Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pm35-fqvh-cq5g
epss_percentile
0.39694
ghsa_updated
2026-07-22T22:02:05Z

Related Entities (5)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/n8n

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/n8n

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