CVE-2026-86078n8n: Prototype Pollution via Workflow Structure Summary Can Lead to Denial of Service
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n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 2.37.7 and 2.38.2, the Instance AI workflow summary used node names and connection keys from stored workflows as ordinary object keys. A workflow submitted through the REST API could contain __proto__ or constructor, causing nested writes to reach Object.prototype in the main n8n process and disrupt later requests. The affected function is summarizeWorkflowStructure in packages/@n8n/instance-ai/src/tools/workflows/summarize-workflow.ts. This issue is fixed in versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
- CVSS
- 6.0 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-1321
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
n8n-io n8n n8n_io:n8n (from the name) | before 2.37.7; from 2.38.0, < 2.38.2 | CNA record |
n8n n8n n8n:n8n | before 2.37.7; from 2.38.0 before 2.38.2 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-679f-58pq-4v2cx-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7x-refsource-misc, release-notes
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2x-refsource-misc, release-notes
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