CVE-2026-65016

HIGHPre-NVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.7 under the CNA's CVSS (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 81% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent assignment of the global:owner role (unlike the token-exchange identity path, which rejects it). An SSO-authenticated user whose instance-role claim resolves to global:owner is provisioned as instance owner, gaining full administrative control over workflows, credentials, users, and instance configuration. Exploitation requires that Enterprise SSO is configured, instance-role provisioning is enabled via N8N_SSO_SCOPES_PROVISION_INSTANCE_ROLE (disabled by default), and the attacker controls the instance-role claim value issued by the IdP.

CVSS v3
7.7
EG Score
7.7(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity77% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 22, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

n8n before 1.123.64 Privilege Escalation via SSO Instance-Role | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-privilege-escalation-via-sso-instance-role
github Patch Available

SSO Instance-Role Provisioning Allows Privilege Escalation to Instance Owner · Advisory · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub

https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-35q8-9mj6-wjmf

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-65016(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
n8n—2.29.8—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 17× 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. 2026-07-27 01:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-26 14:21 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-26 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-23 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-22 22:07 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-22 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-22 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-22 11:32 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-22 11:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-65016?
CVE-2026-65016 is a high vulnerability published on July 22, 2026. n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in Enterprise SSO instance-role provisioning. The provisioning path maps an IdP-asserted role claim to an n8n global role but does not prevent assignment of the global:owner role (unlike the token-exchange…
When was CVE-2026-65016 disclosed?
CVE-2026-65016 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 22, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-65016 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-65016 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 81.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-65016?
CVE-2026-65016 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 7.7 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-65016?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-65016, 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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