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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.9 Medium

CVE-2023-28999

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

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

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

nextcloud security-advisories

  • >= 3.0.0, < 3.8.0affected
  • >= 3.13.0, < 3.25.0affected
  • >= 3.0.5, < 4.8.0affected

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