Summary
CVE-2026-110843 is an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability (CWE-770, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) in the unauthenticated OAuth authorize endpoint of n8n. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can create unlimited OAuth client records and potentially exhaust disk space. It is rated High, with a CVSS score of 8.2.
Technical details
- Root cause: the unauthenticated OAuth authorize endpoint resolves clients by URL path, but stores the caller’s raw identifier as the record key.
- Trigger conditions: the attacker sends client identifiers that differ only in their query string. Each variant is stored as a separate record.
- Attack vector: network, with no privileges and no user interaction required.
- Impact: unlimited first-party client records are created, bypassing the registration cap. The database can grow until the disk is full, affecting availability.
Affected software
- n8n versions before 2.41.4
- n8n 2.42.x versions before 2.42.1 (2.42.0)
Severity
- CVSS v4.0 base score: 8.2 (High)
- Vector:
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: upgrade n8n to version 2.41.4 or later, or to 2.42.1 or later if running the 2.42.x branch.
- No workarounds are listed in the sources reviewed. As a precaution, restrict network access to internet-exposed n8n instances where possible, and monitor database and disk growth.

