Server-side request forgery in nextcloud Server
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Circles' remote-instance signature verification fetches the attacker-supplied keyId URL before trust in the remote instance is established, and explicitly allows local/private addresses for this request, bypassing Nextcloud's core SSRF protections. The public, unauthenticated endpoints POST /apps/circles/event/ and POST /apps/circles/incoming/ reach this code path, allowing any unauthenticated user to force the server to issue a GET request to an internal address. The response body of the internal request is never returned to the requester, so this is blind SSRF: an attacker can determine whether an internal service is reachable, but cannot read its response contents through this endpoint alone.
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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77164
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4g5-x94v-qxqg
References
More nextcloud vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-18211 Windmill < 1.615.0 Operator Role Missing Authorization Checks RCE CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2023-14838 NextCloud Cookbook's pull-checks.yml workflow is vulnerable to OS Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08650 Command Injection in Appointment Emails for Nextcloud Calendar CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20855 Users can delete external storage mount points CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2023-11091 Nextcloud download permissions can be changed by resharer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-10624 Nextcloud Server vulnerable to SSRF via filter bypass due to lax checking on IPs CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-77164 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-77164 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h4g5-x94v-qxqg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-77164 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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