CVE-2026-72765: n8n 2.32.0

CVE-2026-72765. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.9 (CRITICAL, NVD). EPSS 0.00861 (percentile 0.58133), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

n8n · from 2.31.0 (inclusive), before 2.31.5 (exclusive)
n8n

n8n · 2.32.0
n8n

n8n · 0 to before 2.32.1
n8n-io

n8n · 0 to before 2.31.5
n8n-io

Description’s affected range: before 2.31.5 and before 2.32.1

Component: Not specified by the source
Function: bodies

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

An authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows can craft expressions using arrow-function bodies to bypass the expression sandbox, triggering system command execution on the host running n8n. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.7/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 24-Oct-2026 01:43 UTC

CWE: CWE-94
CCR priority: 39.8 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
EPSS: 0.00861 · percentile 0.58133 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72765.html