CVE-2026-63438 PUBLISHED

2FAuth: Reverse Proxy Guard Auto-Creates Users With Admin Promotion From Unauthenticated Header Value

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.07.2026 Published: 06.11.2026 Updated: 06.11.2026

2FAuth is a web app to manage Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) accounts and generate their security codes. Prior to 8.0.0, when AUTHENTICATION_GUARD=reverse-proxy-guard accepts authentication headers from a client that did not pass through a trusted proxy, RemoteUserProvider::retrieveById() creates an account for an unknown REMOTE_USER, promotes the first created account to administrator, and synchronizes the account email from the configured mail header. An unauthenticated remote client can therefore create an administrator on a fresh instance or impersonate and redirect email for a known account, exposing 2FA secrets and administrative functions. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor Bubka
Product 2FAuth
Versions
  • Version < 8.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE