Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-86079n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in n8n from n8n-io. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes interpolated workflow-controlled index and document identifiers directly into REST request paths. An identifier containing path separators or dot segments could select another index or a cluster administration endpoint under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The affected request construction includes packages/nodes-base/nodes/Elastic/Elasticsearch/GenericFunctions.ts and the missing toPathSegment encoding. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	n8n	1.123.76	GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv
npm	n8n	2.38.2	GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv
npm	n8n	2.37.7	GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n8n-io	n8n	>= 2.38.0, < 2.38.2>= 2.0.0, < 2.37.7< 1.123.76

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2 x_refsource_MISC