How severe is CVE-2026-86079?

No CVSS score has been assigned to CVE-2026-86079 yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2026-86079?

CVE-2026-86079 affects the following packages: n8n (npm), n8n (npm), n8n (npm). Ecosystems affected: npm.

How do I fix CVE-2026-86079?

Update n8n to 1.123.76 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-86079 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2026-86079 in my npm dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for n8n, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2026-86079 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.

Is CVE-2026-86079 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2026-86079 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-86079?

CVE-2026-86079 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.5%, placing it in the 42th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-86079?

CVE-2026-86079 is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation. This is a high-impact weakness class that often enables remote code execution or data exposure.

When was CVE-2026-86079 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2026-86079 was published on September 8, 2026 and was last updated on October 28, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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CVE-2026-86079 — n8n

CVE-2026-86079 is a Path Traversal vulnerability in n8n. A fix is available for n8n — see the affected versions and patch details below.

n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers

Also known asGHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv

Published

Sep 8, 2026

Updated

Oct 28, 2026

Affected

3 pkgs

Patched

3 / 3

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Oct 25, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-86079.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.5%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs42th percentile — riskier than 42% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Real-World Exposure

3 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

36other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream

n8nnpm

75Kdownloads / week

Description

Impact

The Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes built REST endpoints by interpolating user-provided identifiers straight into the request path. A value containing path separators or dot segments changed which endpoint the request actually reached, so an operation intended for one document could hit another index or a cluster administration endpoint instead, under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The patch encodes each identifier as a single URL path segment and rejects values that normalise away.

Patches

The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:

Restrict n8n instance access to fully trusted users only.
Disable the affected nodes by adding n8n-nodes-base.elasticsearch and n8n-nodes-base.elasticSecurity to the NODES_EXCLUDE environment variable if they are not required.
Audit existing workflows that use these nodes and ensure that index and document identifier fields do not accept externally-controlled input.

These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.

Affected Packages

3 total 3 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
📦npm	`n8n`	all versions	1.123.76`npm install n8n@1.123.76`
📦npm	`n8n`	≥ 2.38.0&&< 2.38.2	2.38.2`npm install n8n@2.38.2`
📦npm	`n8n`	≥ 2.0.0&&< 2.37.7	2.37.7`npm install n8n@2.37.7`

Affected Products

1 product · 3 configurations

Application

n8nn8n

≥ 2.38.0 && < 2.38.2

range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for n8n, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update n8n to 1.123.76 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-86079 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Impact The Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes built REST endpoints by interpolating user-provided identifiers straight into the request path. A value containing path separators or dot segments changed which endpoint the request actually reached, so an operation intended for one document could hit another index or a cluster administration endpoint instead, under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The patch encodes each identifier as a single URL path segment and rejects values that normalise away. ## Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2. Use

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CVE-2026-86079 — n8n

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

EPSS Exploitation Probability

Real-World Exposure

Description

Impact

Patches

Workarounds

Affected Packages

Affected Products

Detection & mitigation playbook

Detect

Fix

Workarounds

Frequently Asked Questions

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