{"id":"CVE-2026-44694","aliases":["GHSA-cmrh-wvq6-wm9r"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44694","summary":"n8n-MCP: Authenticated SSRF in n8n-mcp webhook and API client paths","details":"### Summary\n\nAuthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery affecting the webhook trigger tools, the n8n API client (`N8N_API_URL`), and per-request URLs supplied via the `x-n8n-url` header in multi-tenant HTTP mode.\n\n### Impact\n\nA caller with access to the MCP session can drive HTTP requests from the n8n-mcp host to internal services and cloud metadata endpoints that the SSRF gate is meant to block. The response body is returned to the caller, making internal-service enumeration and credential theft immediate without any out-of-band channel.\n\n- **Multi-tenant HTTP deployments** where tenants share an `AUTH_TOKEN`: any tenant with valid credentials can reach the operator's cloud metadata service and exfiltrate temporary IAM / GCP service account / Azure managed-identity credentials.\n- **Single-tenant deployments**: indirect prompt injection through tool arguments reaches the same surface; an attacker who can influence the LLM's tool calls can read internal services from the n8n-mcp host.\n- **Stdio deployments** are reachable via the same prompt-injection path.\n\n### Patched Versions\n\nFixed in `n8n-mcp@2.50.2`.\n\n**Note for operators:** The same SSRF gate that previously covered webhook URLs now also covers the n8n API client base URL. If `N8N_API_URL` points at `http://localhost:5678` (n8n on the same host) or an RFC1918 address (n8n on the same private network), set `WEBHOOK_SECURITY_MODE=moderate` (allows localhost, still blocks RFC1918 and cloud metadata) or `WEBHOOK_SECURITY_MODE=permissive` (allows RFC1918 too — only safe on a trusted private network). Default `strict` is correct for deployments where n8n is reachable at a public hostname.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nFor deployments that cannot upgrade immediately:\n\n1. **Restrict network egress** from the n8n-mcp host with a firewall, reverse proxy, or cloud security group. Explicitly deny cloud metadata IPs (`169.254.169.254`, `169.254.170.2`, `100.100.100.200`, `192.0.0.192`, and the GCP `metadata.google.internal` resolved IP) and any RFC1918 networks the server does not legitimately need to reach.\n2. **Run in stdio mode** instead of HTTP if the multi-tenant surface is not needed (no shared `AUTH_TOKEN` to compromise).\n3. **Disable workflow management tools** via `DISABLED_TOOLS=n8n_trigger_webhook_workflow,n8n_create_workflow,n8n_test_workflow` if the deployment does not need them.\n\n### Credit\n\nReported by [@fg0x0](https://github.com/fg0x0).","published":"2026-05-08T19:12:05.326Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:45.821770207Z","cvss":null,"epss":{"score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14715,"asOf":"2026-08-15"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"n8n-mcp","fixedVersion":"2.50.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/commit/bcaba839409d470abeb4a6ad9b361b553a1098eb","label":"czlonkowski/n8n-mcp@bcaba83"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/releases/tag/v2.50.2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44694.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-cmrh-wvq6-wm9r"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44694"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/commit/bcaba839409d470abeb4a6ad9b361b553a1098eb"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:45.821770207Z"}}