Medium severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-118677
n8n before 2.41.4 and 2.42.1 Local Gateway Deep-Link Silent Re-pairing to Attacker Instance
New
5.9
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
n8n before 2.41.4 and 2.42.x before 2.42.1 contains a missing confirmation vulnerability in the Local Gateway desktop app that allows its deep-link connect handler to silently re-pair the app with a different n8n instance. Attackers can lure users running the Local Gateway into opening a crafted n8n-computer-use:// link to connect their computer to an attacker-controlled instance, inheriting previously granted permissions and acting on the computer through the gateway.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
N8
n8n · n8n-io
2.42.0 before 2.42.1; before 2.41.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118677
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118677
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-cwm2-vhf5-27q9
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-2.41.4-and-2.42.1-local-gateway-deep-link-silent-re-pairing-to-attacker-instance
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