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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-35q8-9mj6-wjmf	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-sso-instance-role	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

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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

JSON object : View

Products Affected

n8n

n8n

CWE

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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