CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-41256
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-11-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829
Description
nextcloud news-android is an Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app. In affected versions the Nextcloud News for Android app has a security issue by which a malicious application installed on the same device can send it an arbitrary Intent that gets reflected back, unintentionally giving read and write access to non-exported Content Providers in Nextcloud News for Android. Users should upgrade to version 0.9.9.63 or higher as soon as possible.
Affected configurations
• nextcloud news (< 0.9.9.63)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness
References
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3 Patch, Third Party Advisory