CVE-2026-86996CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-86996

Medium · published September 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to 2.37.7 and 2.38.2, the workflow setting named This workflow can be called by was enforced by the Execute Workflow node but not when a workflow was attached to an Agent as a tool. A user able to build an Agent could invoke a restricted workflow and read its returned data. The affected path is packages/cli/src/modules/agents/tools/workflow-tool-factory.ts, where executeWorkflow omitted SubworkflowPolicyChecker.checkForProject. This issue is fixed in versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
EPSS
0.00294 · 20.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-09-09T02:19Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
n8n/n8n< 2.37.72.37.7
n8n/n8n≥ 2.38.0, < 2.38.22.38.2
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 SEP 03:18Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 08 SEP 21:15Z
    n8n: Agent Workflow Tool Bypasses Sub-Workflow Caller Policy
    cvelistv5