CVE-2024-22401

All users can reset the allowed apps list for Nextcloud Guest App users

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 18, 2024 at 08:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGuests

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Nextcloud guests app is a utility to create guest users which can only see files shared with them. In affected versions users could change the allowed list of apps, allowing them to use apps that were not intended to be used. It is recommended that the Guests app is upgraded to 2.4.1, 2.5.1 or 3.0.1. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Guests· Nextcloudnextcloud-app
95%
v < 2.4.12.5.03.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-281

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