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CVE-2023-23944
Nexcloud Mail app temporarily stores cleartext password in database
Low2.0EPSS 0.47%
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- GitHub_M
Description
Nextcloud mail is an email app for the nextcloud home server platform. In versions prior to 2.2.2 user's passwords were stored in cleartext in the database during the duration of OAuth2 setup procedure. Any attacker or malicious user with access to the database would have access to these user passwords until the OAuth setup has been completed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 2.2.2. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.0.
Weakness
Affected products
nextcloud · security-advisories
- affected < 2.2.2
References (3)
- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-g86r-x755-93f4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/pull/7797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1806275 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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