CVE-2023-39961
Text does not respect "Allow download" permissions
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 24.0.4 and prior to versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, when a folder with images or an image was shared without download permissions, the user could add the image inline into a text file and download it. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Text does not respect "Allow download" permissions
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 24.0.4 and prior to versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, when a folder with images or an image was shared without download permissions, the user could add the image inline into a text file and download it. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 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-2023-39961- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-43658
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 24.0.4 and prior to versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, when a folder with images or an image was shared without download permissions, the user could add the image inline into a text file and download it. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 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-2023-43658- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 24.0.4 and prior to versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, when a folder with images or an image was shared without download permissions, the user could add the image inline into a text file and download it. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 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-2023-39961- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Text does not respect "Allow download" permissions
Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 24.0.4 and prior to versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1, when a folder with images or an image was shared without download permissions, the user could add the image inline into a text file and download it. Nextcloud Server versions 25.0.9, 26.0.4, and 27.0.1 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 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-2023-39961- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- 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-2023-39961 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) 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 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.