CVE-2026-42231

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 57.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-04 18:30Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-05 03:56Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-04-25

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')Variant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2cf48d78b83c1ae8d67c3b7481dc0f7ee002921f33fc0447a3de2c108638862b

• github.comhttps://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-q5f4-99jv-pgg5x_refsource_CONFIRM