CVE-2026-65595

HIGH

n8n before 2.30.1 Privilege Escalation via Token Exchange

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

n8n before 2.30.1 and 2.29.8 assigns all Public API key scopes to JWTs issued through the Token Exchange module regardless of the acting user's role. On instances where the Token Exchange feature and Public API are enabled, a low-privileged user who can obtain a valid external JWT trusted by a configured issuer can use the resulting access token to invoke administrator-only Public API operations such as role escalation, user creation, and user deletion (role escalation requires an Advanced Permissions license), and, when unverified Community Package installation is enabled, achieve remote code execution.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-777w-rpr6-c52h)
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-777w-rpr6-c52h
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: n8n before 2.30.1 Privilege Escalation via Token Exchange
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-token-exchange

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 38.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (8)
n8n/n8n 2.30.0 (2 CPE variants)
n8n/n8n < 2.29.8 (2 CPE variants)
n8n-io/n8n < 2.29.8
n8n-io/n8n < 2.30.1
n8n-io/n8n 2.29.8
n8n-io/n8n 2.30.1
npm/n8n 0 - 2.29.8npm
npm/n8n 2.30.0 - 2.30.1npm
Published Jul 22, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 22, 2026