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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2026-45279 json

Nextcloud: Limited path traversal via template API if using `{lang}` in config

published 2026-06-01 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-22 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-33705

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Nextcloud is an open source content collaboration platform. In Nextcloud Server from versions 31.0.0 to before 31.0.14, and 32.0.0 to before 32.0.4, if {lang} is used in the template directory config value, non-admin users can in some cases copy arbitrary files (depending on unix permissions) into their own Nextcloud directory via a path traversal. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 32.0.4, 31.0.14. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Enterprise Server is upgraded to 32.0.4, 31.0.14, 30.0.17.7, 29.0.17.12, 28.0.14.15

Patch / fix

  • nextcloud nextcloud_server 31.0.14, 32.0.4
  • nextcloud server 31.0.14, 32.0.4

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-2026-45279 updated cvss 5.3

nextcloud-server: Nextcloud Server: Path traversal vulnerability allows unauthorized file copying

  • 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • nextcloud security-advisories

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.