CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-32728
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
Description
The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with a computer. Clients using the Nextcloud end-to-end encryption feature download the public and private key via an API endpoint. In versions prior to 3.3.0, the Nextcloud Desktop client fails to check if a private key belongs to previously downloaded public certificate. If the Nextcloud instance serves a malicious public key, the data would be encrypted for this key and thus could be accessible to a malicious actor. This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop Client version 3.3.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
Affected configurations
• nextcloud desktop (< 3.3.0)
• debian debian linux 10.0
• debian debian linux 11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/pull/3338 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-f5fr-5gcv-6cc5 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1189162 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4974 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/pull/3338 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-f5fr-5gcv-6cc5 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1189162 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4974 Third Party Advisory