# CVE-2025-56265: CVE-2025-56265

Status: published. Published: 2025-09-08. Updated: 2026-11-07.

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Chat Trigger component of N8N v1.95.3, v1.100.1, and v1.101.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted HTML file.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- n8n / n8n: 1.95.3 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- n8n / n8n: 1.100.1 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- n8n / n8n: 1.101.1 (affected, custom). Source: NVD

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:1.95.3:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:1.100.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:1.101.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 8.8 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact total; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-434

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/nikolas-ch/CVEs/tree/main/N8N/N8N_v1.100.1 (cve@mitre.org)
- exploit: https://github.com/nikolas-ch/CVEs/tree/main/N8N/N8N_v1.100.1/ChatTrigger_StoredXSSviaUnrestrictedFileUpload (cve@mitre.org)

## References

- https://github.com/nikolas-ch/CVEs/blob/main/N8N/N8N_v1.100.1/ChatTrigger_StoredXSSviaUnrestrictedFileUpload/StoredXSSviaUnristrictedFileUpload.txt (cve@mitre.org; Third Party Advisory)

- https://github.com/nikolas-ch/CVEs/tree/main/N8N/N8N_v1.100.1 (cve@mitre.org; Exploit)

- https://github.com/nikolas-ch/CVEs/tree/main/N8N/N8N_v1.100.1/ChatTrigger_StoredXSSviaUnrestrictedFileUpload (cve@mitre.org; Exploit)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-56265; retrieved 2026-11-07; source updated 2026-11-07

Revision: abde5eff0bf6ad286388044816ef2ffdcba413aee2626402e3e1a26df0e9ff08

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2025-56265

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