CVE-2026-84320: Nginx UI: Auto backup name allows path traversal outside validated storage path
Nginx UI validates backup_path and storage_path against the administrator-defined backup.GrantedAccessPath boundary, but the final auto-backup output filename is built from the user-controlled auto-backup name without stripping path separators or .. components.
An authenticated user who can create or modify an auto-backup task can set a name such as task/../../../escaped. The configured storage_path still passes validation because it is inside GrantedAccessPath, but the generated backup path escapes that storage directory when filepath.Join(storage_path, filename) resolves the embedded traversal sequence.
This bypasses the documented backup path boundary and allows backup archives, and for encrypted configuration backups the adjacent .key file, to be written outside the intended storage directory with the Nginx UI process privileges.
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