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Sead Fadilpašić

Thousands of n8n instances under threat from top security issue

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  • Nearly 60,000 n8n instances remain exposed to Ni8mare CVE-2026-21858 flaw
  • Vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote server takeover; fixed in version 1.121.0
  • Shadowserver found most cases in US, Europe, Asia; upgrade is only defense

Experts have warned almost 60,000 n8n internet-connected instances are still vulnerable to Ni8mare, a maximum-severity flaw that was discovered and patched.

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