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Medium · 5.1 CVE-2026-65599 EUVD-2026-47643GHSA-9r8p-h6cc-6qhmGHSA-mhvh-gwhr-76pw

n8n before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 Credential Exposure via JWT Header

Published Jul 22, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a credential exposure vulnerability: when configured with a Google Service Account key, the full PEM private key was mistakenly placed in the JWT header's kid field (intended only for a key identifier). Because JWT headers are Base64-encoded rather than encrypted, the private key could be recovered by anything that logged or inspected the JWT. An attacker who obtained the key could impersonate the service account and access or modify any Google Cloud resource it was authorized to use. Only instances using Google Service Account credentials are affected.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
n8n-io n8n < 1.123.64, 2.30.0 – < 2.30.1, 2.0.0-rc.0 – < 2.29.8 1.123.64

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm n8n < 1.123.64 1.123.64 GHSA-9r8p-h6cc-6qhm
npm n8n >= 2.30.0, < 2.30.1 2.30.1 GHSA-9r8p-h6cc-6qhm
npm n8n >= 2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.29.8 2.29.8 GHSA-9r8p-h6cc-6qhm

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