Password of share by mail is not hashed when given on the create share call (NC-SA-2020-026)
4th June 2020
Risk level: Low
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CWE: Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256)
HackerOne report: 885041
Description
A logic error in Nextcloud Server 19.0.0 caused a plaintext storage of the share password when it was given on the initial create API call.
Affected Software
- Nextcloud Server < 19.0.1 (CVE-2020-8183)
- Nextcloud Server < 18.0.6 (CVE-2020-8183)
Action Taken
The error has been fixed.
Resolution
It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 19.0.1.
Acknowledgements
The Nextcloud team thanks the following people for their research and responsible disclosure of the above advisory:
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