AI agent vulnerability · n8n

CVE-2026-42232: n8n has XML Node Prototype Pollution that to RCE

criticalCVSS 4.0 9.4 · 3.1 9.9GHSA-hqr4-h3xv-9m3r

Impact An authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could achieve global prototype pollution via the XML Node leading to RCE when combined with other nodes exploiting the prototype pollution. Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.

Published Apr 29, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026

Affected packages

n8n

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: >= 2.18.0, < 2.18.1
Fixed in: 2.18.1
Check: npm ls n8n

n8n

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: >= 2.17.0, < 2.17.4
Fixed in: 2.17.4
Check: npm ls n8n

n8n

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: < 1.123.32
Fixed in: 1.123.32
Check: npm ls n8n

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Impact

An authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could achieve global prototype pollution via the XML Node leading to RCE when combined with other nodes exploiting the prototype pollution.

Patches

The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. 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:

Limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only.
Disable the XML node by adding n8n-nodes-base.xml to the NODES_EXCLUDE environment variable.

These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.

Credited to simonkoeck.

References

How this page is made: the data panel comes from the GitHub Advisory Database, CISA’s KEV catalog, the NVD and FIRST EPSS, and updates twice a day. No analysis has been written for this entry yet. Methodology

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