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CVE-2026-45159

Nextcloud: Files drop share links for end-to-end encrypted folders allowed to drop files into other folders of the share owner

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Nextcloud is an open source content collaboration platform. From versions 1.15.0 to before 1.15.4, 1.16.0 to before 1.16.3, 1.17.0 to before 1.17.1, and 1.18.0 to before 1.18.1, a malicious user with access to an end-to-end encrypted files drop link was able to also drop files into other end-to-end encrypted folders of the share owner. Reading and modifying of other files was not possible. This issue has been patched in versions 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.1, and 2.0.0-rc.7.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nextcloud security-advisories

    From 1.15.0 · fixed in 1.15.4; From 1.16.0 · fixed in 1.16.3; From 1.17.0 · fixed in 1.17.1; From 1.18.0 · fixed in 1.18.1

References 3

GitHub · nextcloud/security-advisories

GitHub · nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption

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