CVE-2023-26482: Nextcloud Server

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Nextcloud server is an open source home cloud implementation. In affected versions a missing scope validation allowed users to create workflows which are designed to be only available for administrators. Some workflows are designed to be RCE by invoking defined scripts, in order to generate PDFs, invoking webhooks or running scripts on the server. Due to this combination depending on the available apps the issue can result in a RCE at the end. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 24.0.10 or 25.0.4. Users unable to upgrade should disable app `workflow_scripts` and `workflow_pdf_converter` as a mitigation.

Affected products

• Nextcloud Nextcloud Server: from 18.0.0, before 20.0.14.12 (fixed in 20.0.14.12); from 21.0.0, before 21.0.9.10 (fixed in 21.0.9.10); from 22.0.0, before 22.2.10.10 (fixed in 22.2.10.10); from 23.0.0, before 23.0.12.5 (fixed in 23.0.12.5); from 24.0.0, before 24.0.10 (fixed in 24.0.10); from 25.0.0, before 25.0.4 (fixed in 25.0.4)

Published 2023-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.