CVE-2026-103246: n8n versions before 2.39.6 and 2.40.0 before 2.40.1 fail to validate credential ownership during inline agent node-tool introspection. Attackers can reference…

PriorityP346high7.7CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSCCHINAN

EPSS

0.26%

15.9th percentile

n8n versions before 2.39.6 and 2.40.0 before 2.40.1 fail to validate credential ownership during inline agent node-tool introspection. Attackers can reference arbitrary credential IDs to decrypt and exfiltrate plaintext secrets to attacker-controlled hosts without ownership verification.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
n8n-io	n8n	< 2.39.6	2.39.6
n8n-io	n8n	>= 2.40.0 < 2.40.1	2.40.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv4.08.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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