CVE-2026-86083CWE-94code-injection

CVE-2026-86083

High · published September 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 1.123.76, 2.37.7, and 2.38.2, the legacy expression engine generated source text by calling the mutable global JSON.stringify while printing synthetic string literals and interpolating timezone data. An expression could replace JSON.stringify and cause later generated source to contain executable attacker-controlled code. The affected code-generation paths include packages/@n8n/expression-runtime/src/bridge/isolated-vm-bridge.ts and packages/@n8n/tournament/src/ExpressionBuilder.ts, and the issue does not affect the vm expression engine. This issue is fixed in versions 1.123.76, 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
7.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00664 · 51.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-09-09T02:19Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
n8n/n8n< 1.123.761.123.76
n8n/n8n≥ 2.0.0, < 2.37.72.37.7
n8n/n8n≥ 2.38.0, < 2.38.22.38.2
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 SEP 03:18Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 08 SEP 21:22Z
    n8n: Expression Sandbox Escape via Shared Builtin Tampering and Code-Printer Injection Leads to Code Execution
    cvelistv5