CVE-2026-59253

MEDIUMNVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-08. NVD baseline CVSS 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
5.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

n8n before 2.28.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability allowing authenticated users to assign workflows to folders in other projects. Attackers can bypass project and folder authorization boundaries by supplying crafted request payloads during workflow creation, causing logical integrity violations in target project folder structures.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(high)
EPSS
6.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 8, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

n8n - Improper Authorization in Workflow Assignment to Folders | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-improper-authorization-in-workflow-assignment-to-folders
github Patch Available

Improper Authorization Allows Authenticated Users to Assign Workflows to Folders in Other Projects · Advisory · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-2xgm-wc4g-5jvg

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59253(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)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-13 03:06 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-13 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-12 05:19 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-12 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-11 07:32 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-11 07:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-10 09:46 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-10 09:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-09 11:54 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.30
  17. 2026-07-09 11:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-08 20:53 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5
  19. 2026-07-08 14:06 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-08 14:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59253?
CVE-2026-59253 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. n8n before 2.28.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability allowing authenticated users to assign workflows to folders in other projects. Attackers can bypass project and folder authorization boundaries by supplying crafted request payloads during workflow creation, causing logical…
When was CVE-2026-59253 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59253 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59253 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59253 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 6.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59253?
CVE-2026-59253 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59253?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59253, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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