GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-mqpr-49jj-32rc n8n: Webhook Forgery on Github Webhook Trigger
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-56357
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- n8n
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-26
Affected packages
• npm n8n: < 1.123.15 → fixed in 1.123.15
• npm n8n: >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.0 → fixed in 2.5.0
Description
Impact
An attacker who knows the webhook URL of a workflow using the GitHub Webhook Trigger node could send unsigned POST requests and trigger the workflow with arbitrary data. The node did not implement the HMAC-SHA256 signature verification that GitHub provides to authenticate webhook deliveries, allowing any party to spoof GitHub webhook events.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 2.5.0 and 1.123.15. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.
Workarounds
If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:
• Limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only.
• Restrict network access to the n8n webhook endpoint to known GitHub webhook IP ranges.
These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-56357 n8n before 1.123.15 and 2.5.0 contains a webhook forgery vulnerability in the GitHub Webhook Trigger node that fails to implement… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness
References
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-mqpr-49jj-32rc web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56357 advisory
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/a19347a6bc9a96d5065ac77d25a811e46178c578 web
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/afe322325502f448b33bff1db1575e4447c28a36 web
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n package
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-webhook-forgery-via-missing-hmac-sha256-signature-verification-in-github-webhook-trigger web