{"id":"CVE-2025-57749","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-57749","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:08:17.948Z","title":"Before 1.106.0, a symlink traversal vulnerability was discovered in the Read/Write File node in n8n.","description":"n8n is a workflow automation platform. Before 1.106.0, a symlink traversal vulnerability was discovered in the Read/Write File node in n8n. While the node attempts to restrict access to sensitive directories and files, it does not properly account for symbolic links (symlinks). An attacker with the ability to create symlinks—such as by using the Execute Command node—could exploit this to bypass the intended directory restrictions and read from or write to otherwise inaccessible paths. Users of n8n.cloud are not impacted. Affected users should update to version 1.106.0 or later.","published":"2025-08-20T22:15:30.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:43:22.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["n8n/n8n"],"epss":{"score":0.00488,"percentile":0.41763,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/17735","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-ggjm-f3g4-rwmm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57749","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}