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CVE-2026-86079: n8n: Path Injection in Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity Nodes via Unencoded Identifiers

September 10, 2026

The Elasticsearch and ElasticSecurity nodes built REST endpoints by interpolating user-provided identifiers straight into the request path. A value containing path separators or dot segments changed which endpoint the request actually reached, so an operation intended for one document could hit another index or a cluster administration endpoint instead, under the stored Elasticsearch credential. The patch encodes each identifier as a single URL path segment and rejects values that normalise away.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv
  • github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@1.123.76
  • github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.37.7
  • github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n@2.38.2
  • github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-f2cp-m7mv-8jpv
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86079

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.123.76, all versions starting from 2.0.0 before 2.37.7, all versions starting from 2.38.0 before 2.38.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.123.76
  • 2.37.7
  • 2.38.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7, 2.38.2 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

npm/n8n/CVE-2026-86079.yml

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