n8n-io n8n up to 2.29.7/2.30.0 computer-use privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in n8n-io n8n up to 2.29.7/2.30.0. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component computer-use. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-65590. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in n8n-io n8n up to 2.29.7/2.30.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component computer-use. The manipulation 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 before 2.29.8 and 2.30.x before 2.30.1 does not enforce shell sandbox restrictions on Linux and Windows in the @n8n/computer-use package (sandboxing was applied only on macOS). Shell commands executed by the tool run without any filesystem or network restrictions, allowing unrestricted access to the host filesystem and network from within the computer-use agent process. This issue only affects deployments where the @n8n/computer-use package is explicitly installed and running; standard n8n installations are not affected.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-65590 since 07/22/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.29.8 or 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
• 2.29.0
• 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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