Navigated to #531: Critical 10/10 n8n Vulnerability EXPLOITED

#531: Critical 10/10 n8n Vulnerability EXPLOITED

January 19
34 mins

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Security researchers Dor Attias and Ofek Itach demonstrate a critical CVSS 10.0 n8n vulnerability (CVE-2026-21858). Watch the full RCE exploit demo using type confusion to bypass authentication and read sensitive local files.

// Dor Attias SOCIAL //
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// Ofek Itach SOCIAL //
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// N8N Hack Blog
https://www.cyera.com/research-labs/n...

// Cyera Blog //
https://www.cyera.com/blog

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// MENU //
0:00 - Coming up
0:56 - n8n vulnerability explained
02:33 - n8n hacking demo // How the vulnerability works
09:13 - How bad is it?
11:51 - Vulnerability summary
13:28 - More explained on Cyera blog // Webhooks
16:59 - Webhooks explained
18:09 - Formidable
19:18 - Formidable explained
20:01 - Handling uploaded files in n8n
22:32 - The form webhook node
24:28 - How to exploit
25:54 - Exploit summary
26:46 - How to mitigate
27:37 - How to become a security researcher
32:36 - Conclusion

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