highCVSS 8.8Vulnerability

CVE-2026-84317

## Summary `internal/config/validation.go` (`ValidateConfigFile`) is a security control that blocks dangerous nginx directives — `js_*`, `perl_*`, `load_module` of the njs/perl modules, and `user root`. It is enforced on three of the four config-write paths: `api/config/add.go`, `api/config/modify.go`, and `mcp/config/config_modify.go`. The fourth path — the MCP tool `nginx_config_add` (`mcp/config/config_add.go`) — does NOT call it: it writes the caller-supplied `content` straight to disk and reloads nginx. An authenticated MCP caller (or an MCP agent induced via prompt injection) can therefore inject exactly the directives the control is meant to block, leading to nginx code execution on deployments where the njs/perl module is available (e.g. the official Docker image). ## Root cause — an incomplete hardening patch Commit `3e411d38` ("Harden config write paths", 2026-04-21) introduced `ValidateConfigFile` and wired it into the config-write paths — but its changeset touched only: api/config/add.go (+6), api/config/modify.go (+8), internal/config/validation.go (+199), mcp/config/config_modify.go (+5) It did NOT touch `mcp/config/config_add.go`. So the MCP add path was left without the validation that all of its sibling paths received. `config_add.go` has never called `ValidateConfigFile` (verified via git history); this is an oversight in the hardening, not a regression. ## Affected code (mcp/config/config_add.go, handleNginxConfigAdd) ```go content := mcp.GetString(args, "content") // caller-controlled ... path, err := config.ResolveConfPath(baseDir, name) // path is sandboxed to the conf dir (OK) ... err = os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0644) // <-- no config.ValidateConfigFile(path, content) ... res := nginx.Control(nginx.Reload) // reloads nginx ``` Contrast — the guarded sibling (mcp/config/config_modify.go) does: ```go err = config.ValidateConfigFile(absPath, content) // rejects js_*/perl_*/load_module/user root if err !=

Properties

severity
high
summary
Nginx UI: MCP nginx_config_add skips config directive validation → authenticated nginx directive injection (RCE on the official image)
cvss_score
8.8
retrieved_at
2026-10-15T22:56:51+00:00
ghsa_published
2026-10-15T20:11:07Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-76pm-mq2q-9gcr
ghsa_updated
2026-10-15T20:11:08Z
ghsa_id
GHSA-76pm-mq2q-9gcr
last_source
GitHub Advisory Database
cve_id
CVE-2026-84317
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
signal_observed_at
2026-10-15T22:56:51+00:00
is_ghsa_only
false

Related Entities (5)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

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

AFFECTS (1)

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

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

→[Weakness]Improper Input Validation
→[Weakness]Protection Mechanism Failure

REPORTED_BY (1)

→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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