CVE-2023-35173
End-to-End encrypted file-drops can be made inaccessible
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app provides all the necessary APIs to implement End-to-End encryption on the client side. By providing an invalid meta data file, an attacker can make previously dropped files inaccessible. It is recommended that the Nextcloud End-to-end encryption app is upgraded to version 1.12.4 that contains the fix.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 57% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
nextcloud · security-advisories
- affected >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.4
References (3)
- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-x7c7-v5r3-mg37 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption/pull/435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1914115 (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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