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CVE-2025-68668, also known as N8scape, is a protection-mechanism failure in n8n’s Pyodide-based Python Code Node. In n8n versions 1.0.0 through versions before 2.0.0, an authenticated user authorized to create or modify workflows can escape the intended Python sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the n8n host with the privileges of the n8n process.
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63 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Critical n8n vulnerability that allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the underlying host (protection mechanism failure).
n8n authenticated system command execution due to protection mechanism failure.
A previously disclosed n8n Pyodide sandbox escape vulnerability referenced for similarity to Cellbreak.
A Pyodide sandbox escape vulnerability affecting n8n (referenced as a similar issue to the Grist-Core flaw).
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.