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CVE-2020-8227

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 25.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Missing sanitization of a server response in Nextcloud Desktop Client 2.6.4 for Linux allowed a malicious Nextcloud Server to store files outside of the dedicated sync directory.

Affected products

• Desktop Client: before 2.6.5 — fixed in 2.6.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Desktop Client 2.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://hackerone.com/reports/590319
• https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-032
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-09
• https://hackerone.com/reports/590319
• https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-032
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-09

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