n8n before 2.8.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the credential management flow where authenticated users can inject malicious JavaScript URLs into OAuth2 credential Authorization URL fields. Attackers can craft malicious credentials and trick victims into clicking the OAuth authorization button, executing arbitrary scripts in their browser session with the victim's privileges.
CVE-2026-56359
Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-08. 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
- 3.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 8, 2026
Last Modified
July 9, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026n8n - Cross-Site Scripting in Credential Management OAuth2 Authorization URL | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-cross-site-scripting-in-credential-management-oauth2-authorization-urlXSS in Credential Management Flow · Advisory · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-364x-8g5j-x2prVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56359(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-14 23:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-14 23:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-07-13 22:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-07-12 20:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-12 20:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-07-11 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-10 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-10 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-09 15:46 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 15:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-08 14:06 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-08 14:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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