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CVE-2023-28997 — The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Serve

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server. Starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.6.5, a malicious server administrator can recover and modify the contents of end-to-end encrypted files. Users should upgrade the Nextcloud Deskto

CVSS
6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.61% (top 30.50%)
CWE
CWE-323
Published
2023-04-04T12:42:24.540Z
Last modified
2025-11-03T18:08:06.573Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server. Starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.6.5, a malicious server administrator can recover and modify the contents of end-to-end encrypted files. Users should upgrade the Nextcloud Desktop client to 3.6.5 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
nextcloudsecurityadvisories — >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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