n8n contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Chat Trigger node's Custom CSS field due to a misconfiguration of the sanitize-html library. Affected releases are those before 1.123.27, the 2.0.0 through 2.13.2 line, and 2.14.0 (fixed in 1.123.27, 2.13.3, and 2.14.1). An authenticated user with permission to create or modify workflows can inject JavaScript that bypasses sanitization, resulting in stored XSS against any user who visits the public chat page.
CVE-2026-56356
Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.4
- EG Score
- 5.4(high)
- EPSS
- 7.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 1, 2026
Last Modified
July 2, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026n8n - Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Chat Trigger Node Custom CSS Field | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-stored-cross-site-scripting-in-chat-trigger-node-custom-css-fieldXSS in Chat Trigger Node via Custom CSS · Advisory · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-3c7f-5hgj-h279Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56356(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-07-07 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-07 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 01:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 01:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 01:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-03 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-02 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-01 19:07 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 5.1
- 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 01:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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