CVE-2023-39958
Missing brute force protection on password reset token OAuth2 API controller
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, missing protection allows an attacker to brute force the client secrets of configured OAuth2 clients. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.8
Missing brute force protection on password reset token OAuth2 API controller
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, missing protection allows an attacker to brute force the client secrets of configured OAuth2 clients. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2023-39958- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-43655
5.8
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, missing protection allows an attacker to brute force the client secrets of configured OAuth2 clients. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
EUVD-2023-43655- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
5.8
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, missing protection allows an attacker to brute force the client secrets of configured OAuth2 clients. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2023-39958- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.8
Missing brute force protection on password reset token OAuth2 API controller
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, missing protection allows an attacker to brute force the client secrets of configured OAuth2 clients. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 22.2.10.13, 23.0.12.8, 24.0.12.5, 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2023-39958- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-39958 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Nextcloud Server, published August 10, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.