n8n: Unauthenticated Persistent Storage Exhaustion via OAuth Dynamic Client Registration Endpoint
HighCVE-2026-86075 · Published Sep 10, 2026
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n8n npm | >= 2.38.0, < 2.38.2 | 2.38.2 |
| < 2.37.7 | 2.37.7 |
Details and references
## Impact The OAuth Dynamic Client Registration endpoints validated field sizes only for `redirect_uris`, leaving `client_name` and `grant_types` bounded by presence checks alone. An unauthenticated remote caller could submit arbitrarily large values in either field and have them persisted to the database. Repeated registration therefore grew persistent storage without limit and without any account on the instance. The patch caps `client_name` at its column length and limits `grant_types` to the grant types the server actually implements, with the array capped at that count. ## Patches The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 2.37.7 and 2.38.2. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. ## Workarounds If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should consider the following temporary mitigations: - Restrict network access to the n8n instance so that only trusted clients can reach it. - Place the instance behind a reverse proxy configured to enforce strict request body size limits below the default 16 MiB. - Monitor database size for unexpected growth and audit the `oauth_clients` table for anomalous entries. These workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.
- CVSS 4.0
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Severity from
- GitHub (reviewed advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Also known as
- CVE-2026-86075