CVE-2026-59254

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 63/100
Published: 2026-07-15 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: None

Description

n8n before 2.28.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where external secrets are incorrectly resolved in workflow node expressions outside credentials scope. Authenticated project editors can read plaintext external secret values by referencing them in node expressions without requiring explicit secrets access permissions.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
n8n n8n 2.28.0 < 2.28.1
n8n n8n 2.28.0 < 2.28.1
n8n n8n 0 < 2.27.4

Bug Bounty Relevance

63 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.36%
Raw Score 0.003640
Percentile 30.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00364
2026-10-28
0.00364

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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