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Vulnerability details: VCID-5dtu-z3ww-c3hx
Vulnerability ID VCID-5dtu-z3ww-c3hx
Aliases CVE-2026-33722
GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
Summary n8n Has External Secrets Authorization Bypass in Credential Saving ## Impact An authenticated user without permission to list external secrets could reference a secret by the external name in a credential and retrieve its plaintext value when saving the credential. This bypassed the `externalSecret:list` permission check and allowed access to secrets stored in connected vaults without admin or owner privileges. - This issue requires the instance to have an external secrets vault configured. - The attacker must know or be able to guess the name of a target secret. ## Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.23 and 2.6.4. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. ## Workarounds If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations: - Restrict n8n access to fully trusted users only. - Disable external secrets integration until the patch can be applied. These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-33722
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
cvssv4 7.3 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
cvssv4 7.3 https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
ssvc Track https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33722
cvssv4 7.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33722
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33722
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-33722
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33722
GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H Found at https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H Found at https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-28T01:28:29Z/ Found at https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33722
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33722
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.04481
EPSS Score 0.00017
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:57:05.765894+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p.json 38.6.0