CVE-2026-44790

n8n: Arbitrary File Read via Git Node

State: Published
Severity: 9.4 Critical
Published: Jun 23, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: May 7, 2026

Description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could inject CLI flags on the Git node's Push operation allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files from the n8n server potentially leading to full compromise. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.4 Critical	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n8nn8n-io	< 1.123.43Affected >= 2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.20.7Affected >= 2.21.0, < 2.21.1Affected

References

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-57g9-58c2-xjg3

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