CVE-2020-8152
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: November 16, 2020 at 12:36 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNextcloud/server
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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Insufficient protection of the server-side encryption keys in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 allowed an attacker to replace the public key to decrypt them later on.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Nextcloud/server· Nextcloudnextcloud-app
95%v < 20.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 20.0.0 (unaffected)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/54x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/743505x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-040CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522
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