Nextcloud Desktop client does not verify received singed certificate in end-to-end encryption
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
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.
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 3.7.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-29000
References
More nextcloud Desktop vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-18709 Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Nextcloud Desktop Client CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-18708 Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Nextcloud Desktop Client CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-18707 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Nexcloud Desktop Client CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-18710 nextcloudcmd incorrectly trusts bad TLS certificates CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2020-06645 Path traversal in Desktop Client CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2021-05740 Injection in Nextcloud Desktop Client CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-29000 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-29000 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2023-29000 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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