n8n-io n8n up to 2.30.0 AI Agents feature improper authorization

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in n8n-io n8n up to 2.30.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component AI Agents feature. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-65015. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in n8n-io n8n up to 2.30.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AI Agents feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

n8n versions before 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AI Agents feature where the node-execution tool lacks proper authorization checks. A Project Viewer user can escalate privileges by chatting with an agent that has node tools enabled, executing arbitrary nodes and accessing credential secrets without proper authorization verification.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-65015 since 07/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.30.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• n8n-io

Name

• n8n

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/

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