CVE-2026-39974: N8n mcp N8n-mcp Has Authenticated SSRF Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-4ggg-h7ph-26qr",
  "modified" : "2026-04-09T19:05:56Z",
  "published" : "2026-04-08T19:53:48Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-39974" ],
  "summary" : "n8n-mcp has authenticated SSRF via instance-URL header in multi-tenant HTTP mode",
  "details" : "## Impact\nAn authenticated Server-Side Request Forgery in `n8n-mcp` allows a caller holding a valid `AUTH_TOKEN` to cause the server to issue HTTP requests to arbitrary URLs supplied through multi-tenant HTTP headers. Response bodies are reflected back through JSON-RPC, so an attacker can read the contents of any URL the server can reach — including cloud instance metadata endpoints (AWS IMDS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba, Oracle), internal network services, and any other host the server process has network access to.\n\nThe primary at-risk deployments are multi-tenant HTTP installations where more than one operator can present a valid `AUTH_TOKEN`, or where a token is shared with less-trusted clients. Single-tenant stdio deployments and HTTP deployments without multi-tenant headers are not affected.\n\n## Affected versions\n`n8n-mcp` ≤ `2.47.3` (all versions up to and including 2.47.3).\n\n## Patched versions\n`n8n-mcp` `2.47.4` and later.\n\n## Workarounds\nIf you cannot immediately upgrade:\n1. **Egress filtering at the network layer** — block outbound traffic from the `n8n-mcp` container to RFC1918 ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16), link-local `169.254.0.0/16`, and any other internal ranges. This defends against any future SSRF-class issue and is recommended even after upgrading.\n2. **Disable multi-tenant headers** — if your deployment does not require per-request instance switching, unset `ENABLE_MULTI_TENANT` and do not accept `x-n8n-url` / `x-n8n-key` headers at the reverse proxy.\n3. **Restrict `AUTH_TOKEN` distribution** — ensure the bearer token is only held by fully trusted operators until you can upgrade.\n\n## Remediation\nUpgrade to `n8n-mcp` 2.47.4 or later. No configuration changes are required; the fix adds validation at the URL entry points and normalizes URLs at the API client layer.\n\n## Credits\nReported by the Eresus Security Research Team. @ibrahmsql",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "n8n-mcp"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2.47.4"
      } ]
    } ],
    "database_specific" : {
      "last_known_affected_version_range" : "<= 2.47.3"
    }
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-4ggg-h7ph-26qr"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39974"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/commit/d9d847f230923d96e0857ccecf3a4dedcc9b0096"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/releases/tag/v2.47.4"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-918" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-04-08T19:53:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-04-09T17:16:30Z"
  }
}