n8n-io n8n up to 1.123.63/2.29.7/2.30.0 Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in n8n-io n8n up to 1.123.63/2.29.7/2.30.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The manipulation of the argument N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-65016. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in n8n-io n8n up to 1.123.63/2.29.7/2.30.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The manipulation of the argument N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent assignment of the global:owner role (unlike the token-exchange identity path, which rejects it). An SSO-authenticated user whose instance-role claim resolves to global:owner is provisioned as instance owner, gaining full administrative control over workflows, credentials, users, and instance configuration. Exploitation requires that Enterprise SSO is configured, instance-role provisioning is enabled via N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE (disabled by default), and the attacker controls the instance-role claim value issued by the IdP.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-65016 since 07/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 1.123.64, 2.29.8 or 2.30.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• n8n-io

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• n8n

Version

• 1.123.0
• 1.123.1
• 1.123.2
• 1.123.3
• 1.123.4
• 1.123.5
• 1.123.6
• 1.123.7
• 1.123.8
• 1.123.9
• 1.123.10
• 1.123.11
• 1.123.12
• 1.123.13
• 1.123.14
• 1.123.15
• 1.123.16
• 1.123.17
• 1.123.18
• 1.123.19
• 1.123.20
• 1.123.21
• 1.123.22
• 1.123.23
• 1.123.24
• 1.123.25
• 1.123.26
• 1.123.27
• 1.123.28
• 1.123.29
• 1.123.30
• 1.123.31
• 1.123.32
• 1.123.33
• 1.123.34
• 1.123.35
• 1.123.36
• 1.123.37
• 1.123.38
• 1.123.39
• 1.123.40
• 1.123.41
• 1.123.42
• 1.123.43
• 1.123.44
• 1.123.45
• 1.123.46
• 1.123.47
• 1.123.48
• 1.123.49
• 1.123.50
• 1.123.51
• 1.123.52
• 1.123.53
• 1.123.54
• 1.123.55
• 1.123.56
• 1.123.57
• 1.123.58
• 1.123.59
• 1.123.60
• 1.123.61
• 1.123.62
• 1.123.63
• 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
• 2.29.0
• 2.29.1
• 2.29.2
• 2.29.3
• 2.29.4
• 2.29.5
• 2.29.6
• 2.29.7
• 2.30.0

Website

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

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