CVE-2023-28997 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-28997

Nextcloud Desktop: Initialization vector reuse in E2EE allows malicious server admin to break, manipulate, access files

Vulnerability Description

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server. Starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.6.5, a malicious server administrator can recover and modify the contents of end-to-end encrypted files. Users should upgrade the Nextcloud Desktop client to 3.6.5 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

security-advisories
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 3.0.0, < 3.6.5

Timeline

Official Publish: April 4th, 2023
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-323

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.