n8n-self-hosting

Fail

Audited by Snyk on Jun 18, 2026

Risk Level: HIGH
Full Analysis

HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.

  • Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 0.80). The skill mandates generating secrets on the target box (good) but also requires handing the generated N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY to the user (and could involve printing or relaying that secret), which forces the agent to handle/output a secret verbatim and creates an exfiltration risk.

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

  • Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.80). The skill explicitly instructs installing Docker via Docker's official installation script (https://get.docker.com), which would be fetched and executed on the target box at runtime and thus runs remote code.

MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

  • Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 1.00). This skill explicitly instructs the agent to perform system-level changes (install Docker as root, create directories under /opt, write system files, modify firewall/ufw, run docker compose and manage certificates) that require sudo/root and alter the machine's state.

Issues (3)

W007
HIGH

Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

W013
MEDIUM

Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
HIGH
Analyzed
Jun 18, 2026, 06:02 PM
Issues
3
Security Audit — snyk — n8n-self-hosting