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CVE-2020-8225

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Sep 18, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8225
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html

A cleartext storage of sensitive information in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 gave away information about used proxies and their authentication credentials.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Desktop Nextcloud * 2.6.5 (excluding)
Nextcloud-desktop Ubuntu focal *
Nextcloud-desktop Ubuntu groovy *
Nextcloud-desktop Ubuntu trusty *
Nextcloud-desktop Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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