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medium 5.3

CVE-2026-126387 json

n8n before 2.46.1 Arbitrary File Read via Browser Use browser_upload Tool

published 18d ago modified yesterday also EUVD-2026-125178 , GHSA-9qx8-fhxv-w794

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository n8n-io/n8n. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

n8n before 2.46.1 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability that allows authenticated members to read server files by supplying absolute paths to the Browser Use browser_upload tool. Attackers with a connected remote browser session can have Playwright read files such as instance configuration from the n8n server and retrieve their contents from the page.

Patch / fix

  • npm n8n >= 2.45.5, >= 2.46.1, >= 3.0.1
  • n8n-io n8n 2.45.5, 2.46.1, 3.0.1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
yesterday

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 4.0 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm n8n
<2.46.1
<2.45.5
<3.0.1
>= 2.46.1
>= 2.45.5
>= 3.0.1

Affected products

  • n8n-io n8n

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal

References

Sources

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The maintainers of n8n-io/n8n published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.