Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-72773n8n before 2.32.1 Path Traversal via computer-use search_files

Medium 4.9

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 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

n8n before 2.31.5 and 2.32.x before 2.32.1 contain a path-confinement bypass in the @n8n/computer-use file-search (search_files) tool. A crafted search pattern can bypass the base-directory confinement check and expand to locations outside the configured directory, causing the tool to return the names and contents of arbitrary local files readable by the daemon's OS user. Any deployment where an actor can influence the tool's search input is affected.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	n8n	2.32.1	GHSA-pf2q-pxhf-hgmw
npm	n8n	2.31.5	GHSA-pf2q-pxhf-hgmw

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n8n-io	n8n	2.32.0 – before 2.32.1
n8n-io	n8n	0 – before 2.31.5

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

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-pf2q-pxhf-hgmw) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: n8n before 2.32.1 Path Traversal via computer-use search_files third-party-advisory