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Leaked n8n API Tokens Exposed Live Instances to Credential Theft

GitGuardian researchers discovered 321 active n8n workflow automation instances vulnerable to credential theft through API tokens inadvertently exposed in public GitHub commits. The research identified 4,576 unique exposed credentials across 1,255 hostnames, demonstrating that attackers could access sensitive data and downstream credentials without exploiting software vulnerabilities, purely throu

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August 5, 2026 · 1 min read

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GitGuardian researchers found 321 n8n instances accepting API tokens exposed in public GitHub commits and demonstrated four ways attackers could use them to access sensitive data and downstream credentials without exploiting a software vulnerability. We scanned public GitHub commits for exposed n8n API tokens and identified 4,576 unique credentials associated with 1,255 hostnames. Of the 896

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