CVE-2024-52510
Nextcloud Desktop client behaves incorrectly if the initial end-to-end-encryption signature is empty
- Published
- Nov 15, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 15, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 52.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. The Desktop client did not stop with an error but allowed by-passing the signature validation, if a manipulated server sends an empty initial signature. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to 3.14.2 or later.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2024-52510 demonstrating signature bypass in Nextcloud's E2EEv2 protocol, enabling server-side decryption of encrypted files via metadata key injection.
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