VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-42222

critical
Published 2026-05-04 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.8

Description

Nginx-UI: Unauthenticated first-boot instance claim via POST /api/install allows remote bootstrap takeover

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-mxqh-q9h6-v8pq

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui
golang GOgithub.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui= 2.3.5

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
nginxuinginx_ui2.3.5

References

CWEs

CWE-284 CWE-306

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.