Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affecting nginx-proxy-manager-2-rootfs package, versions <2.12.3-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-NGINXPROXYMANAGER2ROOTFS-13307433
  • published6 Oct 2025
  • disclosed12 Apr 2022

Introduced: 12 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27261  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest nginx-proxy-manager-2-rootfs to version 2.12.3-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nginx-proxy-manager-2-rootfs package and not the nginx-proxy-manager-2-rootfs package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An arbitrary file write vulnerability in Express-FileUpload v1.3.1 allows attackers to upload multiple files with the same name, causing an overwrite of files in the web application server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1