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CVE-2020-8296
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
Medium6.7EPSS 0.51%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Nextcloud Server
- affected Fixed in 20.0.0
References (5)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/867164 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2021-006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/21037 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/17439 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-eac0e52f88 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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