CVE-2016-9463

HIGH

Nextcloud Server < 9.0.54 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.54 and 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.1.2, 9.0.6, and 8.2.9 suffer from SMB User Authentication Bypass. Nextcloud/ownCloud include an optional and not by default enabled SMB authentication component that allows authenticating users against an SMB server. This backend is implemented in a way that tries to connect to a SMB server and if that succeeded consider the user logged-in. The backend did not properly take into account SMB servers that have any kind of anonymous auth configured. This is the default on SMB servers nowadays and allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to an account without valid credentials. Note: The SMB backend is disabled by default and requires manual configuration in the Nextcloud/ownCloud config file. If you have not configured the SMB backend then you're not affected by this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0386
EPSS Percentile 88.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-287 CWE-303
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

nextcloud/nextcloud_server < 9.0.54
owncloud/owncloud < 8.2.9

Timeline

Published Mar 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026