CVE-2020-8259 - Insufficient protection of the server-side encryption keys in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 allowed an attacker to replace the encryption keys

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HIGH

Insufficient protection of the server-side encryption keys in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 allowed an attacker to replace the encryption keys

Published Nov 16, 2020

8.1

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.74%

Description

Insufficient protection of the server-side encryption keys in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 allowed an attacker to replace the encryption keys.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Nextcloud Server Default
n/a
- Version
  Fixed in 20.0.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Nextcloud Server

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Fixed in 20.0.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References (2)

https://hackerone.com/reports/732431
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-041
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/732431		x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-041		x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner hackerone

Published Nov 16, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 28, 2020

Link CVE-2020-8259

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-8259

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-8259