CVSS 4.0
5.3 mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NCVE-2026-86996
Medium (5.3) in n8n n8n. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in n8n 2.37.7, 2.38.2.
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 2.37.7 and 2.38.2, the workflow setting named This workflow can be called by was enforced by the Execute Workflow node but not when a workflow was attached to an Agent as a tool. A user able to build an Agent could invoke a restricted workflow and read its returned data. The affected path is packages/cli/src/modules/agents/tools/workflow-tool-factory.ts, where executeWorkflow omitted SubworkflowPolicyChecker.checkForProject. This issue is fixed in versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.4 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 22% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-862
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- n8n:n8n
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7hgx-277f-7vmg | npm | n8n | >=2.38.0 <2.38.2 | 2.38.2 |
| GHSA-7hgx-277f-7vmg | npm | n8n | <2.37.7 | 2.37.7 |