{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00016220","kind":"vulnerability","title":"n8n: Shared-Workflow Editor Can Exfiltrate Credentials via Inline Sub-Workflow JSON","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-cj9h-qx8g-pq2g"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for n8n, n8n, n8n. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-4b94da7211abf565d14ee0fd9d922c61"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-4b94da7211abf565d14ee0fd9d922c61","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj9h-qx8g-pq2g","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-cj9h-qx8g-pq2g","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-03T17:42:43.803Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4b94da7211abf565d14ee0fd9d922c61"],"technology":"n8n","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Impact\n\nn8n's credential-access checks validated only a node's top-level credentials, not credentials referenced inside an Execute Sub-workflow node's inline workflow JSON. A member with editor access to a shared workflow could reference a credential they were not permitted to use inside that inline JSON; it passed both save-time and runtime validation and resolved in the parent workflow's project context, letting the member use or exfiltrate a credential they could not otherwise access.\n\nExploitation requires workflow sharing to be enabled and the attacker to have been explicitly granted Editor access to a shared workflow. The attacker must also know the target credential's ID.\n\n## Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.67, 2.31.5, and 2.32.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:\n- Restrict workflow sharing to fully trusted users only, and avoid granting Editor access to untrusted members on workflows that use sensitive credentials.\n- Audit shared workflows for Execute Sub-workflow nodes","public_affected_ranges":["< 1.123.67"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4b94da7211abf565d14ee0fd9d922c61"],"technology":"n8n","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Impact\n\nn8n's credential-access checks validated only a node's top-level credentials, not credentials referenced inside an Execute Sub-workflow node's inline workflow JSON. A member with editor access to a shared workflow could reference a credential they were not permitted to use inside that inline JSON; it passed both save-time and runtime validation and resolved in the parent workflow's project context, letting the member use or exfiltrate a credential they could not otherwise access.\n\nExploitation requires workflow sharing to be enabled and the attacker to have been explicitly granted Editor access to a shared workflow. The attacker must also know the target credential's ID.\n\n## Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.67, 2.31.5, and 2.32.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:\n- Restrict workflow sharing to fully trusted users only, and avoid granting Editor access to untrusted members on workflows that use sensitive credentials.\n- Audit shared workflows for Execute Sub-workflow nodes","public_affected_ranges":[">= 2.32.0, < 2.32.1"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4b94da7211abf565d14ee0fd9d922c61"],"technology":"n8n","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Impact\n\nn8n's credential-access checks validated only a node's top-level credentials, not credentials referenced inside an Execute Sub-workflow node's inline workflow JSON. A member with editor access to a shared workflow could reference a credential they were not permitted to use inside that inline JSON; it passed both save-time and runtime validation and resolved in the parent workflow's project context, letting the member use or exfiltrate a credential they could not otherwise access.\n\nExploitation requires workflow sharing to be enabled and the attacker to have been explicitly granted Editor access to a shared workflow. The attacker must also know the target credential's ID.\n\n## Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.67, 2.31.5, and 2.32.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:\n- Restrict workflow sharing to fully trusted users only, and avoid granting Editor access to untrusted members on workflows that use sensitive credentials.\n- Audit shared workflows for Execute Sub-workflow nodes","public_affected_ranges":[">= 2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.31.5"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-04T10:04:27.920Z","source_updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:11:24.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-07-22T22:11:22.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-03T17:42:43.803Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}