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High · 8.8 CVE-2021-41178 EUVD-2021-28280

File Traversal affecting SVG files on Nextcloud Server

Published Oct 25, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, a file traversal vulnerability makes an attacker able to download arbitrary SVG images from the host system, including user provided files. This could also be leveraged into a XSS/phishing attack, an attacker could upload a malicious SVG file that mimics the Nextcloud login form and send a specially crafted link to victims. The XSS risk here is mitigated due to the fact that Nextcloud employs a strict Content-Security-Policy disallowing execution of arbitrary JavaScript. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5 or 22.2.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nextcloud security-advisories 20.0.13, >= 21.0.0, < 21.0.5, < 22.2.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 nextcloud 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 nextcloud 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 nextcloud 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 12 nextcloud 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.3 nextcloud 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 nextcloud 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1

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