{"id":"CVE-2026-86079","aliases":["GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-86079","summary":"n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers","details":"## Impact\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Patches\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:\n- Restrict n8n instance access to fully trusted users only.\n- 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.\n- Audit existing workflows that use these nodes and ensure that index and document identifier fields do not accept externally-controlled input.\n\nThese workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.","published":"2026-09-08T21:26:28.296Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:01.392124444Z","cvss":null,"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"n8n","fixedVersion":"1.123.76"},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"n8n","fixedVersion":"2.38.2"},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"n8n","fixedVersion":"2.37.7"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86079.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86079"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T02:31:01.392124444Z"}}