CVE-2026-42228

n8n: Hijacking of Unauthenticated Chat Execution

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: May 4, 2026
Updated: May 6, 2026
Reserved: Apr 25, 2026

Description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1, the /chat WebSocket endpoint used by the Chat Trigger node's Hosted Chat feature did not verify that an incoming connection was authorized to interact with the target execution. An unauthenticated remote attacker who could identify a valid execution ID for a workflow in a waiting state could attach to that execution, receive the pending prompt intended for the legitimate user, and submit arbitrary input to resume or influence downstream workflow behavior. This issue has been patched in versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n8nn8n-io	< 1.123.32Affected >= 2.17.0, < 2.17.4Affected >= 2.18.0, < 2.18.1Affected

References

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-f77h-j2v7-g6mw

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