CVE-2026-118640
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CVE-2026-118640 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.4/10 on the CVSS scale. n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in Chat Hub that allows chat-only users to register restricted tool types. Users with the global:chatUser role can add and run tools through chat to execute sandboxed code, access permitted files, and use instance workflows, Data Tables, and agents..
Description
n8n before 1.123.85, 2.43.5, and 2.44.1 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in Chat Hub that allows chat-only users to register restricted tool types. Users with the global:chatUser role can add and run tools through chat to execute sandboxed code, access permitted files, and use instance workflows, Data Tables, and agents.
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- Deferred
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