CVE-2026-59254 (GCVE-0-2026-59254)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-15 11:25
Modified
2026-10-29 21:16
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
n8n before 2.28.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where external secrets are incorrectly resolved in workflow node expressions outside credentials scope. Authenticated project editors can read plaintext external secret values by referencing them in node expressions without requiring explicit secrets access permissions.
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