CVE-2026-86081
Severity not reportedn8n is an open source workflow automation platform.
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the Git node clone operation matched an attacker-controlled destination path against the default N8N_BLOCK_FILE_PATTERNS regular expression. The pattern ^(./).git(/.)$ allowed catastrophic backtracking and ran synchronously in the main n8n process. An authenticated workflow editor could therefore freeze the instance with one workflow execution; the affected default is declared in packages/@n8n/config/src/configs/security.config.ts. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-j535-v25q-vx3q security-advisories@github.com