Password disclosure in log file in Nextcloud Mail App
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
Nextcloud Mail is an email application for the nextcloud personal cloud product. Affected versions of Nextcloud mail would log user passwords to disk in the event of a misconfiguration. Should an attacker gain access to the logs complete access to affected accounts would be obtainable. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail is upgraded to 1.12.1. Operators should inspect their logs and remove passwords which have been logged. There are no workarounds to prevent logging in the event of a misconfiguration.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA security-advisories (nextcloud) Fixed in 1.12.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31119
References
More nextcloud Mail vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-09741 Blind SSRF via server URL input in the Nextcloud Mail app CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2022-13176 Unauthenticated SSRF in 3rd party module "cerdic/csstidy" CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-26170 Nextcloud Mail app vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-12320 Missing permission check on email metadata retrieval CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-35179 Nextcloud Mail auto configurator can be tricked into sending account information to wrong servers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2020-06574 A missing verification of the TLS host in Nextcloud Mail 1.1.3 allowed a man in the middle attack. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
Sources
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