n8n before 2.41.5 and 2.42.2 Credential Theft via Error-Workflow Context Inheritance

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  "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118644",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "n8n before 2.41.5 and 2.42.2 Credential Theft via Error-Workflow Context Inheritance",
    "summary": "n8n before 2.41.5 and 2.42.x before 2.42.2 passes a failed workflow's full execution context, including the identity of the user who started the run, to the configured error workflow. A project editor can set a colleague's workflow settings.errorWorkflow to an error workflow they own, inherit the colleague's identity when that workflow fails, and resolve the colleague's per-user dynamic credential secrets.",
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        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-before-2.41.5-and-2.42.2-credential-theft-via-error-workflow-context-inheritance"
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