# CVE-2026-84321: Nginx UI: Standalone short tokens survive administrative revocation in cache and authenticate again after account re-enable

- Also known as: GO-2026-6801, GHSA-WQ4W-VWVQ-Q3X9
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- 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, GenerateShortToken creates standalone short-token records without a long Token value, but DeleteUserTokens invalidates cached entries only when the long Token field is nonempty. A revoked short token can therefore remain in the short_token cache and authenticate again if the associated account is re-enabled before the cache entry expires because GetTokenUserByShortToken reads the surviving entry, restoring access to HTTP or WebSocket routes that accept short-token authentication. 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-wq4w-vwvq-q3x9
- https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/commit/23d1934099b05b2a01589b48129dc3d3159d91c2
- https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/releases/tag/v2.4.1

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