user_oidc app stores client secret unencrypted in database
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-311.
Summary
user_oidc provides the OIDC connect user backend for Nextcloud, an open-source cloud platform. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to version 1.3.3, an attacker that obtained at least read access to a snapshot of the database can impersonate the Nextcloud server towards linked servers. user_oidc 1.3.3 contains a patch. 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 1.3.3
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-39954
References
More nextcloud User Oidc vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-15378 Nextcloud user_oidc app is missing brute force protection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-33084 Nextcloud: Wrong condition in the User OIDC app's LdapService allowed deleted LDAP users to authenticate CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-24824 Nextcloud user_oidc app's ID4me feature is available even when disabled CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2024-35183 Nextcloud User OIDC has an open redirection when logging in with User OIDC CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-33079 Nextcloud: Open Redirect in user_oidc login flow via protocol-relative URL bypass CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-25203 Nextcloud user_oidc's ID4me does not validate signature or expiration CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-39954 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-39954 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2023-39954 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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