CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-86996

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2026-09-08 Modified 2026-09-10 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-09-08
Last modified
2026-09-10
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• n8n n8n (< 2.37.7) • n8n n8n (>= 2.38.0 < 2.38.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References