CVE-2026-86079— n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers
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Affected
n8n-io n8n
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.
n8n 是一个开源的工作流自动化平台。在 1.123.76、2.37.7 和 2.38.2 版本之前，Elasticsearch 和 ElasticSecurity 节点会将工作流中受控的索引和文档标识符直接拼接到 REST 请求路径中。如果标识符中包含路径分隔符或点号片段，则可能指向另一个索引或存储在该 Elasticsearch 凭据下的集群管理端点。受影响的请求构建涉及 文件中缺失的 编码处理。该问题已在版本 1.123.76、2.37.7 和 2.38.2 中修复。
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI
T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-86079
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
对路径名的限制不恰当(路径遍历)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-86079 (1)
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🔗 Release n8n@2.38.2 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub x_refsource_MISC
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-86079 (1)
Vendor Pages for CVE-2026-86079 (2)
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🔗 Release n8n@2.37.7 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub x_refsource_MISC
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🔗 Release n8n@1.123.76 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub x_refsource_MISC
Same Patch Batch · n8n-io · 2026-09-08 · 17 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-86076 | 8.7 HIGH | n8n: Expression Sandbox Escape in Editor-UI Enables Stored Cross-User JavaScript Execution |
| CVE-2026-86075 | 8.7 HIGH | n8n: Unauthenticated Persistent Storage Exhaustion via OAuth Dynamic Client Registration E |
| CVE-2026-86083 | 7.7 HIGH | n8n: Expression Sandbox Escape via Shared Builtin Tampering and Code-Printer Injection Lea |
| CVE-2026-86082 | 7.1 HIGH | n8n: Domain-Restriction Bypass via Unguarded Model-Search Endpoint in OpenAI Chat Model No |
| CVE-2026-86081 | 7.1 HIGH | n8n: Regular Expression Denial of Service in the Default Blocked-File-Pattern Match via a |
| CVE-2026-86077 | 6.3 MEDIUM | n8n: Anonymous Approval-Gate Bypass via Reused resumeToken over the Chat WebSocket |
| CVE-2026-86080 | 6.3 MEDIUM | n8n: GitHub Trigger 422 Reuse Path Skips Webhook Secret Storage, Causing Signature Verific |
| CVE-2026-86084 | 6.0 MEDIUM | n8n: Disabled OIDC SSO Endpoints Remain Active and Issue Valid Sessions |
| CVE-2026-86078 | 6.0 MEDIUM | n8n: Prototype Pollution via Workflow Structure Summary Can Lead to Denial of Service |
| CVE-2026-86073 | 5.9 MEDIUM | n8n: Per-Resource OAuth Consent Bypass via Unbound Refresh Token Resource Substitution |
| CVE-2026-86074 | 5.9 MEDIUM | n8n: Instance AI Credential Setup Accepts Unvalidated Probe URL from Fetched Content |
| CVE-2026-86993 | 5.9 MEDIUM | n8n: Log Streaming Event Destinations Decrypt Generic-Auth Credentials Without Ownership C |
| CVE-2026-86994 | 5.3 MEDIUM | n8n: Cross-User Active Workflow ID and Lifecycle Event Disclosure via Missing userId Filte |
| CVE-2026-86995 | 5.3 MEDIUM | n8n: Git Node branch.<name>.remote Config Key Bypasses Sandbox Path Restriction, Enabling |
| CVE-2026-86996 | 5.3 MEDIUM | n8n: Agent Workflow Tool Bypasses Sub-Workflow Caller Policy |
| CVE-2026-86085 | 5.1 MEDIUM | n8n: Cross-Tenant Project-Member PII Disclosure via Missing Per-Project Scope Check on Rol |
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