CVE-2026-42222

In Nginx UI from 2.0.0 until 2.5.0, AuthRequired accepts a browser-managed token cookie as an API credential after the front end stores the JWT in that cookie. Because management endpoints do not universally require a CSRF token or perform Origin or Referer validation, a remote attacker can induce a logged-in administrator's browser to submit authenticated cross-site state-changing requests, including POST /api/configs.

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. From 2.2.0 until 2.6.0, the bundled reverse proxy does not preserve the external client identity used by Gin because the backend has no trusted proxy configuration. Management requests can be attributed to loopback and pass the IP allowlist loopback exception, although valid credentials are still required. Failed logins from different external clients are also attributed to the same loopback address, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a shared temporary login ban for password or OTP authentication without invalidating existing sessions. This issue is fixed in version 2.6.0.

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. In versions 2.3.4 and earlier, an authenticated user can perform Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) by creating a cluster node pointing to an arbitrary internal URL.

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. From version 2.0.0 to before version 2.3.8, an unauthenticated network attacker can claim the initial administrator account on a fresh nginx-ui instance during the first-run setup window.

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. From 2.3.8 until 2.5.0, an authenticated administrator with an active secure session can submit attacker-controlled portable backup key material and a matching manifest to POST /api/restore. The restore flow trusts the supplied key, decrypts attacker-controlled contents, and replaces the live app.ini, including protected nginx command settings such as TestConfigCmd. Triggering POST /api/nginx/test then executes the restored command in the Nginx UI runtime context, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Nginx UI, a web user interface for the Nginx web server, prior to version 2.3.8, exposed a backup restore endpoint (POST /api/restore) that was completely unauthenticated during the first 10 minutes after process startup on any fresh installation. An unauthenticated remote attacker could upload a crafted backup archive that overwrote the application's configuration file and SQLite database.

Nginx UI prior to 2.4.1 uses a constant OAuth state value and does not verify state in CasdoorCallback, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to hijack a user's session.

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to 2.4.1, the HTTP configuration mutation routes require RequireSecureSession, but /mcp and /mcp_message require only ordinary authentication before exposing nginx_config_add and nginx_config_modify. An OTP-enabled user with a normal JWT but no valid X-Secure-Session-ID can therefore create or modify Nginx configuration and trigger reload behavior through MCP, bypassing the intended step-up control. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.1.

Nginx UI prior to version 2.4.1 contains a vulnerability where generated short tokens lack an associated long Token value, and DeleteUserTokens invalidates cache entries only when the long Token field is nonempty. A revoked short token can remain in the cache and re-authenticate if the account is re-enabled before the entry expires, restoring access to HTTP or WebSocket routes accepting short-token authentication.

Nginx UI prior to version 2.4.3 contains a vulnerability where AutoBackup.GetName returns a user-controlled name without rejecting path separators or parent-directory components, and downstream filename formatting embeds that result in the final archive filename. An authenticated user can cause filepath.Join to resolve the generated archive path outside the validated storage directory, allowing backup archives to be written with Nginx UI process privileges.