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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | 2FAuth: Reverse Proxy Guard Auto-Creates Users With Admin Promotion From Unauthenticated Header Value | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-287 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-11-06T20:20:27.407Z
Updated: 2026-11-06T20:20:27.407Z
Reserved: 2026-07-16T19:35:57.767Z
Link: CVE-2026-63438
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-06T21:17:09.770
Modified: 2026-11-06T21:17:09.770
Link: CVE-2026-63438
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