highVulnerability

CVE-2026-84314

### Summary `POST /api/users/:id` allows any authenticated user to change any other user's password without `RequireSecureSession` (2FA verification). In contrast, the self password change endpoint `POST /api/user/password` correctly requires `RequireSecureSession`. This inconsistency enables any authenticated user to take over the initial admin account (user ID 1) by simply changing its password. ### Details nginx-ui enforces `RequireSecureSession` middleware on sensitive operations such as self password change (`api/user/router.go:55`), self profile update (`api/user/router.go:54`), settings modification (`api/settings/router.go:12`), and config file deletion/rename (`api/config/router.go:16-21`). However, the user management endpoint registered in `InitManageUserRouter` (`api/user/user.go:31-68`) is mounted on the `g` router group (`router/routers.go:92`) which only applies `middleware.AuthRequired()` and `middleware.Proxy()` — **no `RequireSecureSession()`**. As a result, `POST /api/users/:id` with a `password` field in the JSON body updates the target user's password with only basic JWT authentication. No 2FA or secure session verification is performed, even if the target user has 2FA enabled. The attack flow: 1. Attacker authenticates as any user (e.g., user ID 2). 2. Attacker sends `POST /api/users/1` with `{"password": "attacker-chosen"}`. 3. Admin (user ID 1) password is changed. All existing admin tokens are invalidated (`api/user/user.go:48-49`). 4. Attacker logs in as admin with the new password. 5. Admin is locked out. ### PoC [poc.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26971275/poc.zip) Please extract the uploaded compressed file before proceeding 1. docker compose up -d 2. python3 poc.py <img width="501" height="55" alt="스크린샷 2026-04-22 오후 10 26 29" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6562ede2-7c11-48da-b905-be9964f4f7b1" /> ### Impact - Any authenticated user can change any other user's password, including the

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-2gc7-j998-5xx6
severity
high
summary
Nginx UI: Account Takeover via Missing `RequireSecureSession` on User Management Endpoint
last_source
GitHub Advisory Database
cve_id
CVE-2026-84314
signal_observed_at
2026-10-15T22:56:51+00:00
is_ghsa_only
false
retrieved_at
2026-10-15T22:56:51+00:00
ghsa_published
2026-10-15T20:11:45Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gc7-j998-5xx6
ghsa_updated
2026-10-15T20:11:46Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

←[Software]go/github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI

AFFECTS (1)

→[Software]go/github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Improper Authorization

REPORTED_BY (1)

→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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