What is GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g?

GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Duplicate Advisory: Improper Authorization Allows Authenticated Users to Assign Workflows to Folders in Other Projects

Why does GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g?

GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g?

GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g affects 1 product, including: npm/n8n:\u003c 2.28.0.

⚠ Withdrawn by GitHub Security Advisories

Withdrawn: July 22, 2026

GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29gMediumCVSS 5.0Disclosed before NVD

Duplicate Advisory: Improper Authorization Allows Authenticated Users to Assign Workflows to Folders in Other Projects

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

📋 Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-2xgm-wc4g-5jvg. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/n8n:< 2.28.0

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-2xgm-wc4g-5jvg
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59253
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-improper-authorization-in-workflow-assignment-to-folders
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gqcv-rfj6-r29g