CVE-2025-65964Network attack vector

Authenticated code execution via configurable Git hooks

Published Dec 8, 2025 · Updated Dec 9, 2025

Code execution in the Git node in n8n 0.123.1 through 1.119.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute commands on the host. The Add Config operation accepts an arbitrary core.hooksPath value, causing later Git operations to run attacker-supplied hooks as local commands. Workflow creation or modification rights and access to the Git node are required, after which commands run with the n8n process user's host permissions.

CVSS severity9.4
Critical
EPSS probability0.66%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Code execution in the Git node in n8n 0.123.1 through 1.119.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute commands on the host. The Add Config operation accepts an arbitrary core.hooksPath value, causing later Git operations to run attacker-supplied hooks as local commands. Workflow creation or modification rights and access to the Git node are required, after which commands run with the n8n process user's host permissions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-65964
Published
Dec 8, 2025
Updated
Dec 9, 2025
Vendor
n8n
Product
n8n
Classifications
CWE-829, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=>= 0.123.1, < 1.119.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

n8n · n8nversion=>= 0.123.1, < 1.119.2

Published CVSS scores

9.4GitHub Advisory DatabaseCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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Technologies

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