01 Record
CVE-2026-42221
nginx-ui: Unauthenticated First-Run Installer Allows Remote Initial Admin Claim
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
nginx-ui: Unauthenticated First-Run Installer Allows Remote Initial Admin Claim
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-04 20:09Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-05 14:14Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-25
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6f53ad6a343982bdc3a9eafe624909f28524682df6cb15ae8822c88d42c44305
05 Affected products
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