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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2023-28999 EUVD-2023-32617

Nextcloud: Lack of authenticity of metadata keys allows a malicious server to gain access to E2EE folders

Published Apr 4, 2023 · Updated Feb 11, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Nextcloud is an open-source productivity platform. In Nextcloud Desktop client 3.0.0 until 3.8.0, Nextcloud Android app 3.13.0 until 3.25.0, and Nextcloud iOS app 3.0.5 until 4.8.0, a malicious server administrator can gain full access to an end-to-end encrypted folder. They can decrypt files, recover the folder structure and add new files.​ This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop 3.8.0, Nextcloud Android 3.25.0, and Nextcloud iOS 4.8.0. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nextcloud security-advisories >= 3.0.0, < 3.8.0, >= 3.13.0, < 3.25.0, >= 3.0.5, < 4.8.0 —

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
Debian 14 nextcloud-desktop 3.9.0-1 —
Debian 13 nextcloud-desktop 3.9.0-1 —
Debian 12 nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nextcloud-desktop No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 nextcloud-client 3.8.1-r0 —

Advisories 1

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