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.
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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. | |
| Title | nginx ignition has Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation via Onboarding Race Condition | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-362 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-09-21T15:12:59.314Z
Reserved: 2026-07-10T17:38:57.110Z
Link: CVE-2026-61628
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-21T15:17:30.290
Modified: 2026-09-21T15:17:30.290
Link: CVE-2026-61628
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