CVE-2026-118640
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Authorization Bypass in n8n Chat Hub Allows Tool Registration

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-118640, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-28

Last updated on: 2026-10-28

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in Chat Hub that allows chat-only users to register restricted tool types. Users with the global:chatUser role can add and run tools through chat to execute sandboxed code, access permitted files, and use instance workflows, Data Tables, and agents.

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Published
2026-10-28
Last Modified
2026-10-28
Generated
2026-10-28
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
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n8n-io n8n 0
n8n-io n8n 2.44.0
n8n-io n8n 2.0.0

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CWE ID Description
CWE-863 The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

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