CVE-2026-86083n8n: Expression Sandbox Escape via Shared Builtin Tampering and Code-Printer Injection Leads to Code Execution
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n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the legacy expression engine generated source text by calling the mutable global JSON.stringify while printing synthetic string literals and interpolating timezone data. An expression could replace JSON.stringify and cause later generated source to contain executable attacker-controlled code. The affected code-generation paths include packages/@n8n/expression-runtime/src/bridge/isolated-vm-bridge.ts and packages/@n8n/tournament/src/ExpressionBuilder.ts, and the issue does not affect the vm expression engine. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
- CVSS
- 7.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- 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) | from 2.38.0, < 2.38.2; from 2.0.0, < 2.37.7; before 1.123.76 | CNA record |
n8n n8n n8n:n8n | before 1.123.76; from 2.0.0 before 2.37.7; from 2.38.0 before 2.38.2 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-6xcw-7xm6-48c6x-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76x-refsource-misc, release-notes
- 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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