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CVE-2023-49792

Bruteforce protection can be bypassed with misconfigured proxy

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 23.0.12.13, 24.0.12.9, 25.0.13.4, 26.0.9, 27.1.4
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. In Nextcloud Server prior to versions 26.0.9 and 27.1.4; as well as Nextcloud Enterprise Server prior to versions 23.0.12.13, 24.0.12.9, 25.0.13.4, 26.0.9, and 27.1.4; when a (reverse) proxy is configured as trusted proxy the server could be tricked into reading a wrong remote address for an attacker, allowing them executing authentication attempts than intended. Nextcloud Server versions 26.0.9 and 27.1.4 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 23.0.12.13, 24.0.12.9, 25.0.13.4, 26.0.9, and 27.1.4 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nextcloud security-advisories

    From 23.0.0 · fixed in 23.0.12.13; From 24.0.0 · fixed in 24.0.12.9; From 25.0.0 · fixed in 25.0.13.4; From 26.0.0 · fixed in 26.0.9; From 27.0.0 · fixed in 27.1.4

References 4

GitHub · nextcloud/security-advisories

GitHub · nextcloud/server

hackerone.com

GitHub · CStockdale1/nextcloud-cve-2023-49792-research