fix(core): Prevent prototype pollution of internal classes in task runner (#12610)

packages/@n8n/task-runner/package.json

@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
     "acorn": "8.14.0",
     "acorn-walk": "8.3.4",
     "lodash": "catalog:",
+    "luxon": "catalog:",
     "n8n-core": "workspace:*",
     "n8n-workflow": "workspace:*",
     "nanoid": "catalog:",
     "ws": "^8.18.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/lodash": "catalog:",
-    "luxon": "catalog:"
+    "@types/lodash": "catalog:"
   }
 }

packages/@n8n/task-runner/src/js-task-runner/__tests__/js-task-runner.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
+import { DateTime, Duration, Interval } from 'luxon';
 import type { IBinaryData } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { setGlobalState, type CodeExecutionMode, type IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
@@ -1412,5 +1412,28 @@ describe('JsTaskRunner', () => {
 			expect(outcome.result).toEqual([wrapIntoJson({ prototypeChanged: false })]);
 			checkPrototypeIntact();
 		});
+
+		test('should freeze luxon prototypes', async () => {
+			const outcome = await executeForAllItems({
+				code: `
+				[DateTime, Interval, Duration]
+						.forEach(constructor => {
+								constructor.prototype.maliciousKey = 'value';
+						});
+
+				return []
+				`,
+				inputItems: [{ a: 1 }],
+			});
+
+			expect(outcome.result).toEqual([]);
+
+			// @ts-expect-error Non-existing property
+			expect(DateTime.now().maliciousKey).toBeUndefined();
+			// @ts-expect-error Non-existing property
+			expect(Interval.fromISO('P1Y2M10DT2H30M').maliciousKey).toBeUndefined();
+			// @ts-expect-error Non-existing property
+			expect(Duration.fromObject({ hours: 1 }).maliciousKey).toBeUndefined();
+		});
 	});
 });

packages/@n8n/task-runner/src/js-task-runner/js-task-runner.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import set from 'lodash/set';
+import { DateTime, Duration, Interval } from 'luxon';
 import { getAdditionalKeys } from 'n8n-core';
-import { WorkflowDataProxy, Workflow, ObservableObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { WorkflowDataProxy, Workflow, ObservableObject, Expression } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import type {
 	CodeExecutionMode,
 	IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
@@ -108,15 +109,21 @@ export class JsTaskRunner extends TaskRunner {
 	}
 
 	private preventPrototypePollution() {
-		if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') return; // needed for Jest
+		// Freeze globals, except for Jest
+		if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+			Object.getOwnPropertyNames(globalThis)
+				// @ts-expect-error globalThis does not have string in index signature
+				// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+				.map((name) => globalThis[name])
+				.filter((value) => typeof value === 'function')
+				// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+				.forEach((fn) => Object.freeze(fn.prototype));
+		}
 
-		Object.getOwnPropertyNames(globalThis)
-			// @ts-expect-error globalThis does not have string in index signature
-			// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-			.map((name) => globalThis[name])
-			.filter((value) => typeof value === 'function')
-			// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-			.forEach((fn) => Object.freeze(fn.prototype));
+		// Freeze internal classes
+		[Workflow, Expression, WorkflowDataProxy, DateTime, Interval, Duration]
+			.map((constructor) => constructor.prototype)
+			.forEach(Object.freeze);
 	}
 
 	async executeTask(
@@ -478,7 +485,7 @@ export class JsTaskRunner extends TaskRunner {
 	 * @param dataProxy The data proxy object that provides access to built-ins
 	 * @param additionalProperties Additional properties to add to the context
 	 */
-	private buildContext(
+	buildContext(
 		taskId: string,
 		workflow: Workflow,
 		node: INode,

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -693,6 +693,9 @@ importers:
       lodash:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 4.17.21
+      luxon:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 3.4.4
       n8n-core:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../core
@@ -709,9 +712,6 @@ importers:
       '@types/lodash':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 4.14.195
-      luxon:
-        specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 3.4.4
 
   packages/@n8n_io/eslint-config:
     devDependencies: