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Roxy-WI is a web interface for managing Haproxy, Nginx, Apache and Keepalived servers. In versions 8.2.6.4 and prior, agent_action (app/routes/smon/agent_routes.py:166-179) has decorators @bp.post('/agent/action/<action>') and @jwt_required() only - no role check, no group ownership check on the server_ip form field. Any authenticated user, including role 4 (guest), can start, stop, or restart the roxy-wi-smon-agent systemd unit on any server they can name. Roxy-WI executes the systemd action over its own SSH credentials (passwordless sudo), so the action runs as root on the target. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
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AnalysisAI
Privilege escalation in Roxy-WI versions 8.2.6.4 and prior allows any authenticated user - including the lowest-privilege 'guest' role 4 - to start, stop, or restart the roxy-wi-smon-agent systemd unit on arbitrary managed servers, with the action executing as root via Roxy-WI's passwordless sudo SSH credentials. The flaw stems from missing role and group-ownership checks on the agent_action endpoint, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis though the vulnerability is trivially reachable once an account exists.
Technical ContextAI
Roxy-WI is a Python/Flask-based web interface (cpe:2.3:a:roxy-wi:roxy-wi) for centrally managing HAProxy, Nginx, Apache, and Keepalived deployments. The defect lives in app/routes/smon/agent_routes.py at lines 166-179, where the agent_action handler is decorated only with @bp.post('/agent/action/<action>') and @jwt_required(), meaning a valid JWT is the sole gate. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): neither a role-based access check nor a group-ownership check on the user-supplied server_ip form field is performed before the request is dispatched. Because Roxy-WI fans out the resulting systemd command over its own SSH session - which is configured with passwordless sudo on every managed host - the action ultimately executes with full root privileges on whichever target IP the attacker names.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - the advisory explicitly states no public patches exist as of publication, so administrators should monitor https://github.com/roxy-wi/roxy-wi/security/advisories/GHSA-c92j-h72m-ff4j for a fixed release beyond 8.2.6.4. As compensating controls, restrict Roxy-WI account creation strictly to trusted operators and audit existing role 4 (guest) accounts for removal or downgrade - the side effect is loss of read-only visibility for less-trusted staff. Place the Roxy-WI web interface behind a VPN or IP allowlist so the /agent/action/<action> endpoint cannot be reached from untrusted networks (side effect: remote operators must connect via VPN). Where feasible, tighten the SSH key Roxy-WI uses to manage targets by replacing passwordless sudo with a sudoers entry that whitelists only the specific systemctl commands actually required, limiting the blast radius if the endpoint is abused (side effect: any new Roxy-WI features needing additional sudo commands will fail until sudoers is updated). Finally, monitor systemd journal entries for unexpected roxy-wi-smon-agent start/stop/restart events as a detective control.
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