CVE-2020-8295 - A wrong check in Nextcloud Server 19 and prior allowed to perform a denial of service attack when resetting the password for a user

Back Back to CVE browser

HIGH

A wrong check in Nextcloud Server 19 and prior allowed to perform a denial of service attack when resetting the password for a user

Published Jan 26, 2021

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.81%

Description

A wrong check in Nextcloud Server 19 and prior allowed to perform a denial of service attack when resetting the password for a user.

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-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References (2)

https://hackerone.com/reports/812754
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2021-003
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/812754		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2021-003		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner hackerone

Published Jan 26, 2021

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 28, 2020

Link CVE-2020-8295

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-8295

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-8295