CVE-2026-61628

nginx ignition has Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation via Onboarding Race Condition

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Sep 21, 2026
Updated
Sep 21, 2026
Reserved
Jul 10, 2026

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nginx-ignitionlucasdillmann
  • < 2.41.1Affected

References

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