n8n
Fail
Audited by Snyk on May 12, 2026
Risk Level: HIGH
Full Analysis
HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
- Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill explicitly instructs the agent to read the .env file (exposing N8N_API_KEY) and to ask the user for any missing API credentials, which requires the LLM to handle sensitive secret values and risks them being included verbatim in outputs.
MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
- Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 1.00). The SKILL.md and referenced files (e.g., references/ai-nodes.md and build-process.md) explicitly instruct ingesting external/user-provided content — webhook bodies, Apify scrapers and HTTP Request nodes — and feed fields like {{ $json.body.message }} into AI Agent/OpenAI nodes, so untrusted third‑party content can directly influence prompts and subsequent workflow actions.
MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
- Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill requires and at runtime fetches the credentials template URL (N8N_CREDENTIALS_TEMPLATE_URL, e.g. https://your-n8n.app.n8n.cloud/workflow/abc123) via the n8n API and copies full node configurations (which can include AI Agent system messages/prompts), so the fetched content can directly control agent prompts.
Issues (3)
W007
HIGHInsecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
W011
MEDIUMThird-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
W012
MEDIUMUnverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
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