CVE-2020-8296
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external...
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
- Record
CVE-2020-8296- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-257, CWE-521
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
- Record
CVE-2020-8296- Weakness
- CWE-257
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29164 No score
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29164- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6m9p-3vwc-4p47 No score
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external...
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
- Record
GHSA-6m9p-3vwc-4p47- Weakness
- CWE-521
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
- Record
CVE-2020-8296- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8296 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Hackerone Nextcloud Server, published March 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
hackerone.com/reports/867164
nextcloud.com/security/advisory?id=NC-SA-2021-006
github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/21037
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L6BO6P6MP2MOWA6PZRXX32PLWPXN5O4S
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8296