CVE-2024-37317

Nextcloud Notes app can be tricked into using a received share created before the user logged in

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS Score
Published: June 14, 2024 at 03:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNotes

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Severity
MEDIUM4.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Nextcloud Notes app is a distraction free notes taking app for Nextcloud. If an attacker managed to share a folder called `Notes/` with a newly created user before they logged in, the Notes app would use that folder store the personal notes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Notes app is upgraded to 4.9.3.

Affected

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

Notes· Nextcloudnextcloud-app
95%
4.6.0 ≤ v < 4.9.3
Affected range stops below 4.9.3, 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

4.6MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-862

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