CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-61628
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
nginx ignition is a user interface for the nginx web server. Prior to version 2.41.1, `POST /api/users/onboarding/finish` is registered as anonymous (unauthenticated) and creates a user with full ReadWrite admin permissions. Because the handler uses a check-then-act (TOCTOU) pattern between the "onboarding already completed?" check and the user-creation write, with no atomic guard, a remote unauthenticated attacker who can reach an instance in its pre-onboarding state can create an administrator account for themselves — and concurrent requests can create multiple admin accounts in a single race. Version 2.41.1 patches the issue.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- https://github.com/lucasdillmann/nginx-ignition/commit/0586b4e55ab780676d3553a2592979dfa2fb0183 github.com
- https://github.com/lucasdillmann/nginx-ignition/security/advisories/GHSA-pxcx-fv34-x9p5 github.com
- https://github.com/lucasdillmann/nginx-ignition/security/advisories/GHSA-pxcx-fv34-x9p5 github.com