highVulnerability

GHSA-6qc9-mqvw-jg7x

## Impact An authenticated member with edit access to a shared workflow could reference another user's credential in an HTTP Request node while specifying the credential type through an expression. Because the pre-execution permission check compared the unresolved expression instead of the real credential type, the ownership check was skipped and the credential was loaded at execution time, letting the member use or exfiltrate a credential they were never granted. Exploitation required knowing the target credential's identifier. ## Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.67, 2.31.5, and 2.32.1. 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. - Exclude the HTTP Request node by adding `n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest` to the `NODES_EXCLUDE` environment variable, if the node is not required. - Audit credential sharing and workflow access to limit exposure of credential IDs to untrusted users. These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-6qc9-mqvw-jg7x
summary
n8n: Credential Authorization Bypass via Expression in HTTP Request Node `genericAuthType`
severity
high
cve_id
GHSA-6qc9-mqvw-jg7x
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-07-22T22:10:41Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qc9-mqvw-jg7x
ghsa_updated
2026-07-22T22:10:43Z

Related Entities (4)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Incorrect Authorization

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/n8n

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/n8n

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