What is CVE-2020-8295?

CVE-2020-8295 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-8295?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Nextcloud Server

CVE-2020-8295

A wrong check in Nextcloud Server 19 and prior allowed to perform a denial of service attack when resetting the password for a user.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nextcloud Nextcloud_server
N/a Nextcloud Server — versions Fixed in 20.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8295?: CVE-2020-8295 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-8295?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.