4.3

CVE-2024-22401: nextcloud guests Improper Preservation of Permissions

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
Published 18-01-2024Last modified 21-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22401 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in nextcloud guests. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nextcloud guests app is a utility to create guest users which can only see files shared with them. In affected versions users could change the allowed list of apps, allowing them to use apps that were not intended to be used. It is recommended that the Guests app is upgraded to 2.4.1, 2.5.1 or 3.0.1. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nextcloud2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

3 links