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No password length limit when creating a user as an administrator

Low
nickvergessen published GHSA-4gm7-j7wg-m4fx Dec 1, 2022

Package

Server (Nextcloud)

Affected versions

< 23.0.11, < 24.0.7, < 25.0.0

Patched versions

23.0.11, 24.0.7, 25.0.0
Server (Nextcloud Enterprise)
< 22.2.11, < 23.0.11, < 24.0.7, < 25.0.0
22.2.11, 23.0.11, 24.0.7, 25.0.0

Description

Impact

An administrator can cause a limited DoS attack against their own server

Patches

It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 23.0.11, 24.0.7 or 25.0.0
It is recommended that the Nextcloud Enterprise Server is upgraded to 22.2.11, 23.0.11, 24.0.7 or 25.0.0

Workarounds

Don't create user accounts with long passwords

References

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Severity

Low
2.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2022-41969

Weaknesses