CVE-2020-8225
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away...
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2020-8225- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2020-8225- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29098 No score
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29098- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j6gm-vwj7-5633
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away...
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
GHSA-j6gm-vwj7-5633- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2020-8225- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-8225
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8225- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8225
A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8225- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
nextcloud-desktopDebian:12 |
before 3.0.1-1 | 3.0.1-1 |
nextcloud-desktopDebian:13 |
before 3.0.1-1 | 3.0.1-1 |
nextcloud-desktopDebian:14 |
before 3.0.1-1 | 3.0.1-1 |
nextcloud-desktopUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.3-12.6.0-12.6.1-12.6.1-22.6.2-12.6.2-1build1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8225 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nextcloud Desktop, published September 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. Fixed in nextcloud-desktop 3.0.1-1.