What is CVE-2026-86995?
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the Git node validated the repository parameter for fetch or pull, but setUpstream wrote a branch..remote value into repository configuration without validating it. A later fetch or pull resolved the remote from that configuration instead of the checked parameter. An authenticated workflow editor could therefore point Git at any local repository readable by the n8n process and receive its contents through packages/nodes-base/nodes/Git/GenericFunctions.ts. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.
The record classifies CVE-2026-86995 under weakness classes CWE-73, CWE-22. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 27 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v4.0 base score
- 5.3 — Medium (derived from score)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.1% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 3.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-08, last modified 2026-09-09
Is CVE-2026-86995 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- n8n-io: n8n
How to fix CVE-2026-86995
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-86995 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-86995
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-86995, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .