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CVE-2026-72770: n8n before 1.123.67 Path Traversal via Git Node Operations

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-11 · updated 2026-10-29
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

n8n versions before 1.123.67 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the Git node's fetch, pull, and push-tags operations that allows authenticated users to bypass repository-path containment checks. Attackers with workflow create/execute rights can point allowlisted remote configurations at local paths outside the sandbox to pull arbitrary git repositories and read their files and history.

Affected products

• n8n-io n8n: before 1.123.67; from 2.31.0 before 2.31.5; from 2.32.0 before 2.32.1 — fixed in 1.123.67, 2.31.5, 2.32.1
• n8n-io n8n: before 1.123.67 — fixed in 1.123.67

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: n8n-io n8n 1.123.67, 2.31.5, 2.32.1; n8n-io n8n 1.123.67. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-gf29-4f56-r2jf
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-path-traversal-via-git-node-operations

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