CVE-2026-118677 (GCVE-0-2026-118677)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-28 18:59
Modified
2026-10-28 18:59
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-939 - Improper Authorization in Handler for Custom URL Scheme
Summary
n8n before 2.41.4 and 2.42.x before 2.42.1 contains a missing confirmation vulnerability in the Local Gateway desktop app that allows its deep-link connect handler to silently re-pair the app with a different n8n instance. Attackers can lure users running the Local Gateway into opening a crafted n8n-computer-use:// link to connect their computer to an attacker-controlled instance, inheriting previously granted permissions and acting on the computer through the gateway.
References
Impacted products
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