CVE-2025-68613n8n Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Expression Injection
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 99.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 11 Mar 2026
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Versions starting with 0.211.0 and prior to 1.120.4, 1.121.1, and 1.122.0 contain a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in their workflow expression evaluation system. Under certain conditions, expressions supplied by authenticated users during workflow configuration may be evaluated in an execution context that is not sufficiently isolated from the underlying runtime. An authenticated attacker could abuse this behavior to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the n8n process. Successful exploitation may lead to full compromise of the affected instance, including unauthorized access to sensitive data, modification of workflows, and execution of system-level operations. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.120.4, 1.121.1, and 1.122.0. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to a patched version, which introduces additional safeguards to restrict expression evaluation. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations: Limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only; and/or deploy n8n in a hardened environment with restricted operating system privileges and network access to reduce the impact of potential exploitation. These workarounds do not fully eliminate the risk and should only be used as short-term measures.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as n8n Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources Vulnerability.
- Added
- 11 Mar 2026
- Fix due (US federal)
- 25 Mar 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 11 Mar 2026.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- n8n Workflow Expression Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/n8n_workflow_expression_rceRank excellentdisclosed 10 Jun 2025
Nuclei templates1 template
- n8n - Remote Code Execution via Expression Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-68613.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
References6
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-v98v-ff95-f3cp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/08f332015153decdda3c37ad4fcb9f7ba13a7c79 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/1c933358acef527ff61466e53268b41a04be1000 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/39a2d1d60edde89674ca96dcbb3eb076ffff6316 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/2026/feb/zerobot-malware-targets-n8n-automation-platform (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-68613 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-204618 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v98v-ff95-f3cp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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