{"id":"CVE-2026-102335","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-102335","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:02:41.192Z","title":"Nginx Proxy Manager through 2.16.0 fails to restrict the advanced_config field to administrators, allowing non-admin users with manage permissions to inject arbitrary nginx directives.","description":"Nginx Proxy Manager through 2.16.0 fails to restrict the advanced_config field to administrators, allowing non-admin users with manage permissions to inject arbitrary nginx directives. Attackers can inject malicious nginx configuration such as alias directives to serve arbitrary files or control routing for their assigned hosts.","published":"2026-09-28T23:17:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-30T15:22:20.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/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-863"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00227,"percentile":0.13385,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-29","score":0.00227,"percentile":0.12177}]},"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 (0.23%). 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":"7.1","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T23:17:02.007Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.1)."}],"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/README.md#L36","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/v2.16.0/backend/internal/user.js#L52-L62","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/v2.16.0/backend/templates/proxy_host.conf#L28","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/issues/5749","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-improper-authorization-via-advanced-config","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102335","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."}