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CVE-2020-8259 (GCVE-0-2020-8259)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-16 00:36 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient protection of the server-side encryption keys in Nextcloud Server 19.0.1 allowed an attacker to replace the encryption keys.
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522)
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Nextcloud Server Affected: Fixed in 20.0.0
Show details on NVD website

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