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CVE-2023-28999

Nextcloud: Lack of authenticity of metadata keys allows a malicious server to gain access to E2EE folders

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.8.0, 3.25.0, 4.8.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Nextcloud is an open-source productivity platform. In Nextcloud Desktop client 3.0.0 until 3.8.0, Nextcloud Android app 3.13.0 until 3.25.0, and Nextcloud iOS app 3.0.5 until 4.8.0, a malicious server administrator can gain full access to an end-to-end encrypted folder. They can decrypt files, recover the folder structure and add new files.​ This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop 3.8.0, Nextcloud Android 3.25.0, and Nextcloud iOS 4.8.0. No known workarounds are available.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nextcloud security-advisories

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.8.0; From 3.13.0 · fixed in 3.25.0; From 3.0.5 · fixed in 4.8.0

References 3

GitHub · nextcloud/security-advisories

GitHub · nextcloud/desktop

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