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CVE-2021-41177

Rate-limits not working on instances without configured memory cache backend

8.1 High

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, Nextcloud Server did not implement a database backend for rate-limiting purposes. Any component of Nextcloud using rate-limits (as as AnonRateThrottle or UserRateThrottle) was thus not rate limited on instances not having a memory cache backend configured. In the case of a default installation, this would notably include the rate-limits on the two factor codes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5, or 22.2.0. As a workaround, enable a memory cache backend in config.php.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.55%Up 0.7 points since Oct 26, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.1

Rate-limits not working on instances without configured memory cache backend

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, Nextcloud Server did not implement a database backend for rate-limiting purposes. Any component of Nextcloud using rate-limits (as as AnonRateThrottle or UserRateThrottle) was thus not rate limited on instances not having a memory cache backend configured. In the case of a default installation, this would notably include the rate-limits on the two factor codes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5, or 22.2.0. As a workaround, enable a memory cache backend in config.php.

Record
CVE-2021-41177
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-799
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28279 8.1

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, Nextcloud Server did not implement a database backend for rate-limiting purposes. Any component of Nextcloud using rate-limits (as as AnonRateThrottle or UserRateThrottle) was thus not rate limited on instances not having a memory cache backend configured. In the case of a default installation, this would notably include the rate-limits on the two factor codes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5, or 22.2.0. As a workaround, enable a memory cache backend in config.php.

Record
EUVD-2021-28279
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD 8.1

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, Nextcloud Server did not implement a database backend for rate-limiting purposes. Any component of Nextcloud using rate-limits (as as AnonRateThrottle or UserRateThrottle) was thus not rate limited on instances not having a memory cache backend configured. In the case of a default installation, this would notably include the rate-limits on the two factor codes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5, or 22.2.0. As a workaround, enable a memory cache backend in config.php.

Record
CVE-2021-41177
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-799
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.1

Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted productivity platform. Prior to versions 20.0.13, 21.0.5, and 22.2.0, Nextcloud Server did not implement a database backend for rate-limiting purposes. Any component of Nextcloud using rate-limits (as as AnonRateThrottle or UserRateThrottle) was thus not rate limited on instances not having a memory cache backend configured. In the case of a default installation, this would notably include the rate-limits on the two factor codes. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server be upgraded to 20.0.13, 21.0.5, or 22.2.0. As a workaround, enable a memory cache backend in config.php.

Record
CVE-2021-41177
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1 No score

Security update for nextcloud

This update for nextcloud fixes the following issues:

Update to 20.0.14

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2021-41179: Fix boo#1192028 - (CWE-304): Two-Factor Authentication not enforced for pages marked as public
  • CVE-2021-41178: Fix boo#1192030 - (CWE-434): File Traversal affecting SVG files on Nextcloud Server
  • CVE-2021-41177: Fix boo#1192031 - (CWE-799): Rate-limits not working on instances without configured memory cache backend

Changes:

  • Add command to repair broken filesystem trees (server#26630)
  • Ensure that user and group IDs in LDAP's tables are also max 64chars (server#28971)
  • Change output format of Psalm to Github (server#29048)
  • File-upload: Correctly handle error responses for HTTP2 (server#29069)
  • Allow 'TwoFactor Nextcloud Notifications' to pull the state of the 2F… (server#29072)
  • Add a few sensitive config keys (server#29085)
  • Fix path of file_get_contents (server#29095)
  • Update the certificate bundle (server#29098)
  • Keep pw based auth tokens valid when pw-less login happens (server#29131)
  • Properly handle folder deletion on external s3 storage (server#29158)
  • Tokens without password should not trigger changed password invalidation (server#29166)
  • Don't further setup disabled users when logging in with apache (server#29167)
  • Add 'supported'-label to all supported apps (server#29181)
  • 21] generate a better optimized query for path prefix search filters (server#29192)
  • Keep group restrictions when reenabling apps after an update (server#29198)
  • Add proper message to created share not found (server#29205)
  • Add documentation for files_no_background_scan (server#29219)
  • Don't setup the filesystem to check for a favicon we don't use anyway (server#29223)
  • Fix background scan doc in config (server#29253)
  • Get filesize() if file_exists() (server#29290)
  • Fix unable to login errors due to file system not being initialized (server#29291)
  • Update 3rdparty ref (server#29297)
  • Bump icewind/streams from 0.7.3 to 0.7.5 in files_external (server#29298)
  • Fix app upgrade (server#29303)
  • Avoid PHP errors when the LDAP attribute is not found (server#29314)
  • Fix security issues when copying groupfolder with advanced ACL (server#29366)
  • Scheduling plugin not updating responding attendee status (server#29387)
  • Make calendar schedule options translatable (server#29388)
  • Add whitelist for apps inside of the server repo (server#29396)
  • Handle files with is_file instead of file_exists (server#29417)
  • Fixes an undefined index when getAccessList returns an empty array (server#29421)
  • Extra fixes needed for icewind/streams update to 0.7.2 (server#29426)
  • Backport #29260: Respect user enumeration settings in user status lists (server#29429)
  • Implement local filtering in file list (server#29441)
  • Detect mimetype by content only with content (server#29457)
  • Update CRL (server#29505)
  • Update update-psalm-baseline workflow (server#29548)
  • Bump icewind/streams from 0.7.1 to 0.7.5 (3rdparty#855)
  • Bump version (files_pdfviewer#512)
  • Fix deleting notifications with numeric user ID (notifications#1090)
  • Add integration tests for push registration (notifications#1097)
  • Restore old device signature so the proxy works again (notifications#1105)
  • Bump vue and vue-template-compiler (photos#864)
  • Bump prosemirror-schema-list from 1.1.5 to 1.1.6 (text#1868)
  • Additional checks for workspace controller (text#1887)
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:1602-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nextcloud
SUSE:Package Hub 12
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
nextcloud
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
nextcloud
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
nextcloud
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
nextcloud
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
nextcloud
openSUSE:Leap 15.3
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1
20.0.14-bp153.2.9.1

History

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In short

CVE-2021-41177 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Nextcloud Server, published October 25, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.55%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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