CVE-2021-32728CWE-295

End-to-end encryption device setup did not verify public key

Medium · published August 18, 2021

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with a computer. Clients using the Nextcloud end-to-end encryption feature download the public and private key via an API endpoint. In versions prior to 3.3.0, the Nextcloud Desktop client fails to check if a private key belongs to previously downloaded public certificate. If the Nextcloud instance serves a malicious public key, the data would be encrypted for this key and thus could be accessible to a malicious actor. This issue is fixed in Nextcloud Desktop Client version 3.3.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00851 · 57.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
Published
2021-08-18T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 AUG 16:00Z
    End-to-end encryption device setup did not verify public key
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