CVE-2023-29000 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server. Starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.7.0, by trusting that the server will return a certificate that belongs to the keypair of the user, a malicious server could get the desktop client to encrypt files with a key known to the attacker. This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop 3.7.0. No known workarounds are available.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Nextcloud	Desktop

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/pull/4949
https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-h82x-98q3-7534
https://hackerone.com/reports/1679267

History

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-04-04T12:53:35.904Z

Updated: 2025-02-11T16:20:51.424Z

Reserved: 2023-03-29T17:39:16.142Z

Link: CVE-2023-29000

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T13:51:38.991Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-04T13:15:09.067

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:56:22.213

Link: CVE-2023-29000

Redhat

No data.

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