A missing access check in Nextcloud Server prior to 14.0.0 could lead to continued access to password protected link shares when the owner…

published 2018-10-30 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8300

cvss: 5.7; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

A missing access check in Nextcloud Server prior to 14.0.0 could lead to continued access to password protected link shares when the owner had changed the password.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

nextcloud nextcloud_server 14.0.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16464 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 3.7

nextcloud: Improper authentication on public shares

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Nextcloud Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

nextcloud.com /security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2018-012
vendor-advisory
hackerone.com /reports/146133
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-16464
NVD CVE-2018-16464

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Summary