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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-63438 EUVD-2026-118491

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

Published Nov 6, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Bubka 2FAuth < 8.0.0 —

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