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CVE-2026-45279: Nextcloud: Limited path traversal via template API if using `{lang}` in config

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.57% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 4.4, NVD 6.5.

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Nextcloud is an open source content collaboration platform. In Nextcloud Server from versions 31.0.0 to before 31.0.14, and 32.0.0 to before 32.0.4, if {lang} is used in the template directory config value, non-admin users can in some cases copy arbitrary files (depending on unix permissions) into their own Nextcloud directory via a path traversal. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 32.0.4, 31.0.14. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Enterprise Server is upgraded to 32.0.4, 31.0.14, 30.0.17.7, 29.0.17.12, 28.0.14.15

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Path traversal

Published: Jun 1, 2026
Updated: Jul 22, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 46th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 6.5
CNA · GitHub_M: 4.4; 2.1 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
nextcloud	nextcloud server	cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud_server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

nextcloud nextcloud server31.0.0 and later · before 31.0.14
nextcloud nextcloud server32.0.0 and later · before 32.0.4
nextcloud nextcloud server28.0.0 and later · before 28.0.14.15
nextcloud nextcloud server29.0.0 and later · before 29.0.17.12
nextcloud nextcloud server30.0.0 and later · before 30.0.17.7

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

nextcloud security-advisories
- >= 31.0.0, < 31.0.14, >= 32.0.0, < 32.0.4affected

Same product

nextcloud: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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CVE-2021-32726Webauthn tokens not removed after user has been deleted
40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-66552Dec 5, 2025 · Nextcloud Server admin_audit does not log all actions on files in groupfolders
17Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-64011Dec 12, 2025 · Nextcloud Server 30.0.0 is vulnerable to an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the /core/preview endpoint.
17Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-45281Jun 1, 2026 · Nextcloud: Cross-Account Calendar Takeover via Unauthorized Group-Member-Set Update
32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

nextcloud/serverPR 57414

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

CVE-2026-456900 days apartNextcloud: Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via Pending Session Token Replay
23Monitor
CVE-2026-456910 days apartNextcloud: Bypass of second factor authentication on DAV endpoints
23Monitor
CVE-2026-452830 days apartNextcloud: Files Lock app allows users to lock and unlock files of other users
17Monitor

Bug bounty scope

NextcloudHackerOne · paid

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-j33j-qph5-4wch

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