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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-21858Published 2026-01-08

CVE-2026-21858 — N8n

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As of 2026-01-16, CVE-2026-21858 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in N8n, CVSS v3.1 10, EPSS 6.6% (91.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-21858, most recently “n8n Multi-CVE Vulnerability Cascade — Expression Sandbox Escape, Pyodide RCE, Arbitrary File Write, Command Injection (9 CVEs, 2× CVSS 10.0)”.

CVSS v3.1
10/10Critical
EPSS
6.6%Higher than 91.1% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
8.6/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2026-01-16
CVSS v3.1 10 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 6.6% (higher than 91.1% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 8.6/10 · Published 2026-01-08

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What is CVE-2026-21858?

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Versions starting with 1.65.0 and below 1.121.0 enable an attacker to access files on the underlying server through execution of certain form-based workflows. A vulnerable workflow could grant access to an unauthenticated remote attacker, resulting in exposure of sensitive information stored on the system and may enable further compromise depending on deployment configuration and workflow usage. This issue is fixed in version 1.121.0.

The record classifies CVE-2026-21858 under weakness class CWE-20. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 270 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
10 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS (FIRST)
6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.1% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
8.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2026-01-08, last modified 2026-01-16

Is CVE-2026-21858 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 28 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-21858

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-v4pr-fm98-w9pg. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-21858

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-21858, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.