Path Traversal in N8n-Io N8n
CVE-2026-86079
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes interpolated workflow-controlled index and document identifiers directly into REST request paths. An identifier containing path separators or dot segments could select another index or a cluster administration endpoint under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The affected request construction includes packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts and the missing toPathSegment encoding. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Affected products
- N8n-io N8n — versions < 1.123.76, >= 2.0.0, < 2.37.7, >= 2.38.0, < 2.38.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2 (x_refsource_MISC)