CVE-2023-45148 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-45148: Rate limiter not working reliable when Memcached is installed in Nextcloud

Vendor Nextcloud
Product security-advisories
Weakness CWE-307 · Brute force
Published October 16, 2023
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Nextcloud is an open source home cloud server. When Memcached is used as `memcache.distributed` the rate limiting in Nextcloud Server could be reset unexpectedly resetting the rate count earlier than intended. Users are advised to upgrade to versions 25.0.11, 26.0.6 or 27.1.0. Users unable to upgrade should change their config setting `memcache.distributed` to `\OC\Memcache\Redis` and install Redis instead of Memcached.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 16, 2023 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated