CVE-2026-44790

Description

n8n Has an Arbitrary File Read via Git Node

Description (MITRE) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-44790 on 2026-07-27. Shown when MITRE's text differs from the cvelistV5 mirror.

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could inject CLI flags on the Git node's Push operation allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files from the n8n server potentially leading to full compromise. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

high

CVSS score

7.5 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Effective score

7.5 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2026-44790

Linked Threat

CVE-2026-44790 — CVE-2026-44790

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-06-23 17:16:59 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-06-24 13:54:08 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

8.8 / 10 HIGH source: nvd@nist.gov

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability subscore

2.8 / 10

Impact subscore

5.9 / 10

EPSS score

0.0065 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

47.24% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-07-26

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-88 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2026-38484

Assigner

GitHub_M

Published

Jun 23, 2026, 3:53:13 PM

Updated

Jun 23, 2026, 5:33:24 PM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

9.4 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.6500

Vendors

n8n-io

Products

n8n (2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.20.7)

n8n (2.21.0, < 2.21.1)

n8n (< 1.123.43)

Aliases

GHSA-57g9-58c2-xjg3

ENISA description: n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7, an authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows could inject CLI flags on the Git node's Push operation allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files from the n8n server potentially leading to full compromise. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.123.43, 2.22.1, and 2.20.7.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

MITRE references (1) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.

• https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-57g9-58c2-xjg3 x_refsource_CONFIRM

Web references (3)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44790 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ivanti-fortinet-sap-vmware-n8n-patch.html tenable:thehackernews.com
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44790 tenable:www.cve.org

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