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High · 7.7 Public exploit CVE-2026-85168 EUVD-2026-70403GHSA-8jv2-7jr5-2p67

n8n before 1.123.73 Remote Code Execution via Git Node

Published Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Vendor: n8n-io Product: n8n

Description

n8n versions before 1.123.73, 2.35.4, and 2.36.2 contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the Git node. The node reset a fixed list of command-bearing configuration keys before each operation, but that list did not cover the content-filter and merge-driver key families. A repository with local configuration setting one of those keys together with a matching attribute pattern causes git to execute the configured command during an ordinary Add, Commit, Checkout, or Pull operation. The command runs as the n8n process user.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
n8n-io n8n < 1.123.73, 2.36.0 – < 2.36.2, 2.0.0-rc.0 – < 2.35.4 1.123.73

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Boreas37/CVE-2026-85168-PoC ★ 1 · Oct 24, 2026

    CVE-2026-85168 — n8n Git node RCE from repo-local filter.*.clean / merge-driver config on add|commit|checkout. Verified v2.35.3 / v2.36.2.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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