CVE-2025-66549 (GCVE-0-2025-66549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-05 17:47 – Updated: 2025-12-08 19:54
VLAI
Title
Nextcloud Desktop discloses information when attempting to lock a file inside a end-to-end encrypted directory
Summary
Nextcloud Desktop is the desktop sync client for Nextcloud. Prior to 3.16.5, when trying to manually lock a file inside an end-to-end encrypted directory, the path of the file was sent to the server unencrypted, making it possible for administrators to see it in log files. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.16.5.
Severity
2.4 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-08 19:53 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7734 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
nextcloud security-advisories Affected: < 3.16.5
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