CVE-2026-65016

n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent assignment of the global:owner role (unlike the token-exchange identity path, which rejects it). An SSO-authenticated user whose instance-role claim resolves to global:owner is provisioned as instance owner, gaining full administrative control over workflows, credentials, users, and instance configuration. Exploitation requires that Enterprise SSO is configured, instance-role provisioning is enabled via N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE (disabled by default), and the attacker controls the instance-role claim value issued by the IdP.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*

History

27 Jul 2026, 19:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:enterprise:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:2.30.0:*:*:*:community:node.js:*:*
First Time N8n
N8n n8n
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8
References () https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-35q8-9mj6-wjmf - () https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-35q8-9mj6-wjmf - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-sso-instance-role - () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-sso-instance-role - Third Party Advisory

22 Jul 2026, 12:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-22 12:18

Updated : 2026-07-27 19:08


NVD link : CVE-2026-65016

Mitre link : CVE-2026-65016

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-65016


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Products Affected

n8n

  • n8n
CWE
CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key