CVE-2026-65599 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-65599: n8n before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 Credential Exposure via JWT Header

Vendor N8N-Io
Product n8n
Weakness CWE-312 · Cleartext storage
Published July 22, 2026
Last update July 24, 2026

CVSS base score

5.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

n8n versions before 1.123.64, 2.29.8, and 2.30.1 contain a credential exposure vulnerability: when configured with a Google Service Account key, the full PEM private key was mistakenly placed in the JWT header's kid field (intended only for a key identifier). Because JWT headers are Base64-encoded rather than encrypted, the private key could be recovered by anything that logged or inspected the JWT. An attacker who obtained the key could impersonate the service account and access or modify any Google Cloud resource it was authorized to use. Only instances using Google Service Account credentials are affected.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 22, 2026 CVE published
July 24, 2026 Record updated