External Control of File Name or Path Affecting n8n-nodes-base package, versions <1.121.42>=2.0.0-rc.0 <2.31.3>=2.32.0 <2.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-N8NNODESBASE-18323973
  • published27 Jul 2026
  • disclosed22 Jul 2026
  • creditSimon Köck

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade n8n-nodes-base to version 1.121.42, 2.31.3, 2.32.1 or higher.

Overview

n8n-nodes-base is a Base nodes of n8n

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path via the Edit Image. An attacker can write arbitrary files outside the intended directory by supplying crafted values to the output format parameter.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by restricting instance access to fully trusted users only or disabling the Edit Image node by adding n8n-nodes-base.editImage to the NODES_EXCLUDE environment variable.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1