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CVE-2026-72749

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Description

n8n before 1.123.67, 2.31.5, and 2.32.1 contains a prototype pollution vulnerability in the Edit Fields (Set) node. The node assigns output fields via a dot-notation path setter without restricting the field name, allowing an authenticated user to name a field after an inherited built-in method path and corrupt a shared global in the main Node.js process. Because that global is used on the request-authentication path, the instance then fails every authenticated request, causing an instance-wide denial of service for all users until the process is restarted.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-11 13:19:05.960000
Last modified
2026-10-29 20:17:33.513000
View original CVE JSON
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