{"id":"CVE-2026-102334","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-102334","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:02:15.731Z","title":"Nginx Proxy Manager through 2.16.0 lacks rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make unlimited password guesses against any account.","description":"Nginx Proxy Manager through 2.16.0 lacks rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make unlimited password guesses against any account. Attackers can brute-force login credentials via POST /api/tokens and subsequently guess TOTP codes via POST /api/tokens/2fa to gain full session access and administrative control.","published":"2026-09-28T23:17:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-29T21:35:08.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-307"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00453,"percentile":0.39094,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-29","score":0.00453,"percentile":0.36882}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-28T23:17:02.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.1","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T23:17:01.837Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.1)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/v2.16.0/backend/app.js#L15-L58","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/v2.16.0/backend/internal/2fa.js#L196-L240","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/v2.16.0/backend/internal/token.js#L154-L182","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/pull/5908","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nginx-proxy-manager-through-2.16.0-missing-brute-force-protection","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102334","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}