CVE-2026-42232: n8n

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could achieve global prototype pollution via the XML Node leading to RCE when combined with other nodes exploiting the prototype pollution. This issue has been patched in versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1.

Affected products

• n8n n8n: before 1.123.32 (fixed in 1.123.32); from 2.17.0, before 2.17.4 (fixed in 2.17.4); version 2.18.0 only

Published 2026-05-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.