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CVE-2023-49105criticalunder attackCWE-287

CVE-2023-49105

92Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA and has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Actcvss 9.8epss 43%
from disclosure to weapon14 days
Published on NVDNov 21
1st PoC+14d
CISA KEV+1010d
exploitation probability
43%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesCISA + VulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2026-08-30

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

In short

An attacker can access, modify, or delete any file in ownCloud without logging in, as long as they know the victim's username and the victim hasn't set up a signing key. This is a critical flaw because it completely bypasses the authentication system.

Technical detail

CVE-2023-49105 exploits improper authentication validation in ownCloud's pre-signed URL mechanism; when no signing-key is configured for a user, the application incorrectly accepts pre-signed URLs without verifying the cryptographic signature. An unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of a target username can forge requests to access, modify, or delete arbitrary files, bypassing all access controls. Affected versions: 10.6.0 through 10.13.0.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
An issue was discovered in ownCloud owncloud/core before 10.13.1. An attacker can access, modify, or delete any file without authentication if the username of a victim is known, and the victim has no signing-key configured. This occurs because pre-signed URLs can be accepted even when no signing-key is configured for the owner of the files. The earliest affected version is 10.6.0.
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
Affected products
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