Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. From 2.0.0-rc.6 until 2.4.1, the MCP tool nginx_config_add writes nginx configuration files to disk and triggers an nginx reload without calling config.ValidateConfigFile. The identical flow in the REST API (POST /api/configs) does call that function and correctly rejects dangerous directives. An authenticated attacker can exploit this gap to write config files containing any blocked directive (perl, js_import, load_module, user root, etc.), bypassing nginx-ui's entire security layer. On a server with the nginx Perl, njs, or Lua module loaded, this is post-authentication Remote Code Execution. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.1.
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| Description | Nginx UI is a web user interface for the Nginx web server. From 2.0.0-rc.6 until 2.4.1, the MCP tool nginx_config_add writes nginx configuration files to disk and triggers an nginx reload without calling config.ValidateConfigFile. The identical flow in the REST API (POST /api/configs) does call that function and correctly rejects dangerous directives. An authenticated attacker can exploit this gap to write config files containing any blocked directive (perl, js_import, load_module, user root, etc.), bypassing nginx-ui's entire security layer. On a server with the nginx Perl, njs, or Lua module loaded, this is post-authentication Remote Code Execution. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.1. | |
| Title | Nginx UI: MCP `nginx_config_add` Bypasses Directive Validation — Authenticated RCE | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-693 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-12T20:20:18.595Z
Reserved: 2026-09-01T16:17:43.079Z
Link: CVE-2026-84318
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-12T21:17:22.360
Modified: 2026-10-12T21:17:22.360
Link: CVE-2026-84318
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Updated: 2026-10-12T21:30:18Z
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