CVE-2026-84316CWE-184CWE-20

CVE-2026-84316

High · published October 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to 2.4.1, config.ValidateConfigDirectives splits configuration by newline and checks only the first directive token on each line even though Nginx permits multiple semicolon-separated directives on one line. An authenticated caller can place a benign directive first and a restricted load_module, js_import, perl, or user root directive later on the same line, or can use an unrestricted include directive to load restricted content. These mechanisms bypass validation on REST, nginx_config_modify, site, and stream write paths; when an executable module is available, the injected configuration can execute code in the Nginx worker context. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00399 · 33.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-184 · Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs; CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-10-13T01:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 OCT 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 12 OCT 21:05Z
    Nginx UI: nginx config directive denylist (ValidateConfigFile) is bypassable via same-line ";" separation → authenticated directive injection (RCE on the official image)
    cvelistv5
  • 12 OCT 21:05Z
    Nginx UI: nginx config directive denylist (ValidateConfigFile) is bypassable via same-line ";" separation → authenticated directive injection (RCE on the official image)
    cvelistv5