Nginx UI OTP secure-session step-up is missing on sensitive mutation routes
Reporter: Jagadesh Achanta Target: `0xJacky/nginx-ui` Affected version / commit tested: - App version: `2.3.10` - Commit: `4948fba8744e82c3d7003f68ee164e9f49421066` - Disclosure channel: GitHub Private Vulnerability Reporting - Credential reference: `cred:github-jagstack-gh-cli` ## AI assistance disclosure This report was prepared by Jagadesh Achanta with assistance from OpenAI/Codex for public source review, local evidence collection, and report drafting. ## Summary Nginx UI has a short-lived OTP/passkey "secure session" step-up boundary for users with 2FA enabled. `RequireSecureSession()` rejects an OTP-enabled user's request unless the request includes a valid `X-Secure-Session-ID` issued after a fresh OTP/passkey verification. The project already applies this step-up middleware to sensitive operations such as: - Nginx config create/edit/rename/delete; - site save/delete/enable/disable/rename/duplicate; - stream save/delete/enable/disable/rename/duplicate; - settings save and protected secret reads; - backup restore. However, several similarly sensitive authenticated mutation routes remain outside `RequireSecureSession()`. An attacker who obtains an authenticated JWT/session for a 2FA-enabled user, but does not have the victim's fresh OTP/passkey secure-session token, can still perform those operations. The affected route groups include: - automatic backup create/modify/delete/restore/test-S3 operations; - DNS credential create/edit/delete operations; - certificate and ACM
- Products
- github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.9.10-0.20260703131214-23d1934099b0
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-84315
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 08:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Nginx UI OTP secure-session step-up is missing on sensitive mutation routes
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Oct 2026, 20:12 UTC
Reporter: Jagadesh Achanta Target: `0xJacky/nginx-ui` Affected version / commit tested: - App version: `2.3.10` - Commit: `4948fba8744e82c3d7003f68ee164e9f49421066` - Disclosure channel: GitHub Private Vulnerability Reporting - Credential reference: `cred:github-jagstack-gh-cli` ## AI assistance disclosure This report was prepared by Jagadesh Achanta with assistance from OpenAI/Codex for public source review, local evidence collection, and report drafting. ## Summary Nginx UI has a short-lived OTP/passkey "secure session" step-up boundary for users with 2FA enabled. `RequireSecureSession()` rejects an OTP-enabled user's request unless the request includes a valid `X-Secure-Session-ID` issued after a fresh OTP/passkey verification. The project already applies this step-up middleware to sensitive operations such as: - Nginx config create/edit/rename/delete; - site save/delete/enable/disable/rename/duplicate; - stream save/delete/enable/disable/rename/duplicate; - settings save and protected secret reads; - backup restore. However, several similarly sensitive authenticated mutation routes remain outside `RequireSecureSession()`. An attacker who obtains an authenticated JWT/session for a 2FA-enabled user, but does not have the victim's fresh OTP/passkey secure-session token, can still perform those operations. The affected route groups include: - automatic backup create/modify/delete/restore/test-S3 operations; - DNS credential create/edit/delete operations; - certificate and ACM
osv:GHSA-5v7c-xpfp-p65m
github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI
Fixed versions: 1.9.10-0.20260703131214-23d1934099b0
Complete source record
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}Nginx UI OTP secure-session step-up is missing on sensitive mutation routes in github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 19 Oct 2026, 21:08 UTC
Nginx UI OTP secure-session step-up is missing on sensitive mutation routes in github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI
osv:GO-2026-6775
github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI
Fixed versions: 1.9.10-0.20260703131214-23d1934099b0
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