# CVE-2025-61917: n8n Unsafe Buffer Allocation Allows In-Process Memory Disclosure in Task Runner

- Also known as: GHSA-49MX-FJ45-Q3P6
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.114.3
- Published: 2026-02-04 · Updated: 2026-02-05

## Affected

- n8n-io n8n: from 1.65.0, fixed in 1.114.3
- n8n (npm): from 1.65.0, fixed in 1.114.3

## Description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. From version 1.65.0 to before 1.114.3, the use of Buffer.allocUnsafe() and Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow() in the task runner allowed untrusted code to allocate uninitialized memory. Such uninitialized buffers could contain residual data from within the same Node.js process (for example, data from prior requests, tasks, secrets, or tokens), resulting in potential information disclosure. This issue has been patched in version 1.114.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n8n-io n8n, n8n, upgrade to a fixed version (1.114.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-49mx-fj45-q3p6
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/2c4c2953199733c791f739a40879ae31ca129aba

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