CVE-2026-86996: n8n: Agent Workflow Tool Bypasses Sub-Workflow Caller Policy
A workflow’s “This workflow can be called by” setting was enforced by the Execute Workflow node but was not consulted when the same workflow was attached to an Agent as a tool. A user who could build an Agent could therefore call a workflow that its owner had restricted, and read back what it returned. The patch applies the sub-workflow caller policy on the Agent tool path.
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