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CVE-2026-65016
Published:July 22, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent assignment of the global:owner role (unlike the token-exchange identity path, which rejects it). An SSO-authenticated user whose instance-role claim resolves to global:owner is provisioned as instance owner, gaining full administrative control over workflows, credentials, users, and instance configuration. Exploitation requires that Enterprise SSO is configured, instance-role provisioning is enabled via N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE (disabled by default), and the attacker controls the instance-role claim value issued by the IdP.
Affected Packages
n8n (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <1.123.64
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.123.64
n8n (NPM):
Affected version(s) =2.30.0 <2.30.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.30.1
n8n (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0-rc.0 <2.29.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.29.8
n8n (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0 <2.29.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.29.8
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
EPSS
Base Score:
0.31