A vulnerability was identified in makafeli n8n-workflow-builder up to 0.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file build/server.cjs of the component update_node_from_file. The manipulation of the argument filePath leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Makafeli
  • N8n-workflow-builder

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/makafeli/n8n-workflow-builder/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/makafeli/n8n-workflow-builder/issues/28 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15521 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/854522 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377850 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377850/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in makafeli n8n-workflow-builder up to 0.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file build/server.cjs of the component update_node_from_file. The manipulation of the argument filePath leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title makafeli n8n-workflow-builder update_node_from_file server.cjs path traversal
First Time appeared Makafeli
Makafeli n8n-workflow-builder
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:makafeli:n8n-workflow-builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Makafeli
Makafeli n8n-workflow-builder
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-07-13T01:30:09.205Z

Updated: 2026-07-15T15:37:34.957Z

Reserved: 2026-07-12T11:35:04.112Z

Link: CVE-2026-15521

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T15:37:31.774Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-13T02:16:10.717

Modified: 2026-07-15T16:16:43.623

Link: CVE-2026-15521

cve-icon Redhat

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