nginx: vulnerability

nginx

Nginx Proxy Manager through 2.16.0 lacks rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make unlimited password guesses against any account.

Still cooking for nginx.

First seen: 5 Nov 2026
Last update: 5 Nov 2026, 21:17 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-102334
CVSS: 7.4
Source: news
On the menu as: nginx

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## nginx: vulnerability
Severity: high. Patch status: fix status unknown.
Affected: nginx
Ids: CVE-2026-102334

Nginx Proxy Manager through 2.16.0 lacks rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make unlimited password guesses against any account.

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (nginx). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.
2. nginx <= 2.16.0: the CVE record names no fix; check the vendor advisory before assuming there is none. Until one ships: restrict network access to it.

## Fix by release line
| Line | State | Fix | Until then |
|---|---|---|---|
| nginx <= 2.16.0 | not named in the CVE record | check the vendor advisory | restrict network access to it |

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-102334") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102334
https://pwned.coffee/i/nginx-proxy-manager-critical-vulnerability-cve-2026-102334

Receipt

Exploitation: No known exploitation
Fix by release line: Product Affected Fixed in Source
nginx <= 2.16.0 fix not named in the CVE record: see vendor advisory CVE record (CNA) checked 5 Nov
Score: CVSS 7.4 (high). CVSS 3.1 7.4 (CNA VulnCheck) for CVE-2026-102334
Last checked: 5 Nov 2026, 21:18 UTC

Product	Affected	Fixed in	Source
nginx	<= 2.16.0	fix not named in the CVE record: see vendor advisory	CVE record (CNA) checked 5 Nov

Sources: KEV – CVE record ✓ Vendor ✓

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