CVE-2026-59259Medium▾ Sunlitn8n: External Secrets Permission Bypass via Expression Parser Mismatch
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 27.5 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 22.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via GHSA
0.3%
0.3% → 0.4%
Due to a mismatch between the static validation check and the runtime expression engine, an authenticated user with credential create or update permissions, but without the externalSecret:list scope, could embed external secret references into credentials in forms the validation did not detect. These references would resolve at workflow execution time, exposing secret values the user was not authorized to access.
This issue only affects instances where an external secrets provider is configured and Advanced Permissions are in use.
The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.61, 2.27.4, and 2.28.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability.
If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations:
These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.
n8n < 1.123.61n8n >= 2.28.0, < 2.28.1n8n >= 2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.27.4Upgrade to a patched release:
n8n 1.123.61n8n 2.28.1n8n 2.27.4Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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