CVE-2025-65964 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-65964: n8n Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Git Node Custom Pre-Commit Hook

Vendor N8N-Io
Product n8n
Weakness CWE-829 · Inclusion from untrusted sphere
Published December 8, 2025
Last update December 9, 2025

CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Versions 0.123.1 through 1.119.1 do not have adequate protections to prevent RCE through the project's pre-commit hooks. The Add Config operation allows workflows to set arbitrary Git configuration values, including core.hooksPath, which can point to a malicious Git hook that executes arbitrary commands on the n8n host during subsequent Git operations. Exploitation requires the ability to create or modify an n8n workflow using the Git node. This issue is fixed in version 1.119.2. Workarounds include excluding the Git Node (Docs) and avoiding cloning or interacting with untrusted repositories using the Git Node.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 8, 2025 CVE published
December 9, 2025 Record updated