CVE-2017-0936
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User...
CVE-2017-0936 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Hackerone Nextcloud Server, published March 28, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 5.7 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 0.75%EPSS, 55th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. A missing ownership check allowed logged-in users to change the scope of app passwords of other users. Note that the app passwords themselves where neither disclosed nor could the error be misused to identify as another user.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. A missing ownership check allowed logged-in users to change the scope of app passwords of other users. Note that the app passwords themselves where neither disclosed nor could the error be misused to identify as another user.
- Record
CVE-2017-0936- CVSS 3.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. A missing ownership check allowed logged-in users to change the scope of app passwords of other users. Note that the app passwords themselves where neither disclosed nor could the error be misused to identify as another user.
- Record
CVE-2017-0936- Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-1275No score
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. A missing ownership check allowed logged-in users to change the scope of app passwords of other users. Note that the app passwords themselves where neither disclosed nor could the error be misused to identify as another user.
- Record
EUVD-2017-1275- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-84fw-wvq7-7x27
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User...
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. A missing ownership check allowed logged-in users to change the scope of app passwords of other users. Note that the app passwords themselves where neither disclosed nor could the error be misused to identify as another user.
- Record
GHSA-84fw-wvq7-7x27- CVSS 3.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Nextcloud Server before 11.0.7 and 12.0.5 suffers from an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability. A missing ownership check allowed logged-in users to change the scope of app passwords of other users. Note that the app passwords themselves where neither disclosed nor could the error be misused to identify as another user.
- Record
CVE-2017-0936- CVSS 3.0
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.