Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-C4037264

7/5/2026, 1:02:35 PM

n8n security assessment v7

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
n8n
Version
v1.0.1
Maintainer
Joseph OBrien
Source
github.com/89jobrien/steve/tree/main/steve/skills/n8n
Coverage
3 Files scanned · 366 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Medium

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Check the current Skill page

This page summarizes report evidence only. The Skill page provides the canonical install advisory.

Open current Skill page

This report does not block or authorize the manifest or ZIP.

Most static findings are false positives caused by Markdown fences, inline code spans, localhost examples, and n8n expression syntax. No prompt-injection text, real embedded secret, or covert exfiltration endpoint was found. The remaining risk is that documented authenticated n8n API calls can modify workflow state or expose execution data if run without confirmation.

Report position

Latest published report

Latest refers to the report sequence, not to artifact currentness.

Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

3 Files scanned · 366 Lines analyzed

1 item shown for review

Limitations

This report does not claim runtime or sandbox execution and does not prove the absence of side effects.

Evidence chain

Follow the evidence from source binding to the install contract. Available evidence supports verification; it is not a safety guarantee.

  1. Source

    Commit and path bound

  2. Artifact

    Content and tree hashes bound

  3. Audit

    Complete

  4. Install contract

    Open manifest to verify

    Open manifest

Capabilities observed

Observed means this report recorded supporting evidence. Not recorded does not prove that a capability is absent.

Contains scripts

May execute code included with the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 10 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Not recorded by this audit

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Observed in 8 evidence locations

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 48 evidence locations

Risk findings

Confirmed security concerns are separated from items that still need review.

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Medium
SKILL.md:217-247
Privileged n8n Workflow Modification Examples
The documentation includes REST API examples for creating, updating, activating, deactivating, and reading workflow executions. If an agent runs these examples without explicit confirmation, it could change automation behavior or expose execution data from the local n8n instance.
The cited section contains authenticated REST operations that can modify workflow state and request execution data. The risk depends on user authorization and a live n8n instance, so confidence is high but not absolute.

Remediation

Suggested fixes recorded by this audit. Applying them is the maintainer’s responsibility.

  1. FIX-001
    Medium
    Privileged REST API examples can modify workflow state.
    Add explicit guidance to require user confirmation before create, update, activate, or deactivate calls.
  2. FIX-002
    Medium
    Execution API examples request full execution data.
    Warn users that execution payloads may contain sensitive business data and should be limited.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    API key examples may be copied into unsafe locations.
    Tell users to keep real keys in secure environment variables or n8n credentials only.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
c4037264bbd363c572662d6154a3ab28f5ca4f53
Content hash
5fcd568134bf078fd82ca0ce9c72c736e05a57d7bf14f7e7565a96a4e47a8ff3
Tree hash
8a32994e1767c8a2bcd91a67d7c0548667531f187f02f3668d7b976fb5d6cf99
Skill path
skills/89jobrien/n8n
Audit payload hash
6beb7884bfd8fba615ded5b5cdc3b467

Analysis metadata

Audit model: codex

Analysis state: Complete

Scope is limited to the recorded files, lines, methods, and evidence. No runtime or sandbox execution is claimed.

Verify and export

JSON report CITATION.cff SARIF 2.1.0 Signed installation manifest Source

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: not_attestable