CVE-2023-23944 LOW

CVE-2023-23944: Nexcloud Mail app temporarily stores cleartext password in database

Vendor Nextcloud
Product security-advisories
Weakness CWE-312 · Cleartext storage
Published February 6, 2023
Last update March 10, 2025

CVSS base score

2.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Nextcloud mail is an email app for the nextcloud home server platform. In versions prior to 2.2.2 user's passwords were stored in cleartext in the database during the duration of OAuth2 setup procedure. Any attacker or malicious user with access to the database would have access to these user passwords until the OAuth setup has been completed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 2.2.2. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 6, 2023 CVE published
March 10, 2025 Record updated