Require strict cookies for image proxy requests in Nextcloud Mail
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Nextcloud mail is an email app for the Nextcloud home server platform. In affected versions a missing check of origin, target and cookies allows for an attacker to abuse the proxy endpoint to denial of service a third server. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail is upgraded to 2.2.8 or 3.3.0. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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 2.2.8, 3.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45660
- 2026-10-18 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
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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