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Ni8mare - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in n8n (CVE-2026-21858)

ID: aede42ca-1e2f-5b48-938d-65bf268dc87d

STIX ID: report--aede42ca-1e2f-5b48-938d-65bf268dc87d

Feed Name: Cyera Research Labs

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2026-01-07

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

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A critical Content-Type confusion vulnerability (CVE-2026-21858, CVSS 10.0) in n8n allows an attacker to override req.body.files by sending non-multipart requests, enabling arbitrary file reads, extraction of credentials and configuration, session forgery, and remote code execution on local n8n deployments; the report demonstrates exploitation steps and urges immediate upgrade to n8n 1.121.0 or later, avoidance of public exposure, and authenticated forms.

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