# CVE-2026-84314: Nginx UI: Account Takeover via Missing \`RequireSecureSession\` on User Management Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-2GC7-J998-5XX6, GO-2026-6771
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.1, 1.9.10-0.20260703131214-23d1934099b0
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- 0xJacky nginx-ui: fixed in 2.4.1
- github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI (Go): fixed in 1.9.10-0.20260703131214-23d1934099b0

## Description

Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. Prior to 2.4.1, the POST /api/users/:id user-management endpoint permits an authenticated user to change another user's password without passing RequireSecureSession, even though the self-service password-change path requires that step-up. An attacker with an authenticated account can change the initial administrator's password, invalidate existing administrator tokens, and then authenticate as the administrator. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nginx, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.1, 1.9.10-0.20260703131214-23d1934099b0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [nginx](https://cve.now/tech/nginx.md) · [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-2gc7-j998-5xx6
- https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/commit/23d1934099b05b2a01589b48129dc3d3159d91c2
- https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/releases/tag/v2.4.1

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