Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-49105

ownCloud Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Actively exploited (CISA KEV) Critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

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.

Description as published by the source, in English.

Key facts

Published
2023-11-21
Last modified
2026-08-28
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored by
nvd@nist.gov (NVD Primary)
Probability of exploitation
11.1 % higher than 95 % of all known vulnerabilities
EPSS, next 30 days, model v2026.06.15
Fix available
Not registered in the sources

Actively exploited

CISA added this vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2026-08-27, with a remediation deadline of 2026-08-30 for US federal agencies.

Required action: 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.

Affected products

Vendor Product Versions Status
Owncloud Owncloud Server ≥ 10.6.0, < 10.13.1 Affected

Weakness type

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

    When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Attack techniques

Derived through the weakness type: CVE to CWE to CAPEC to ATT&CK. This shows which techniques the weakness class is historically used for. It does not assert that this vulnerability has been exploited that way.

  • T1040: Network Sniffing credential-access, discovery
  • T1134: Access Token Manipulation stealth, privilege-escalation
  • T1185: Browser Session Hijacking collection
  • T1505.003: Web Shell persistence
  • T1548: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism privilege-escalation
  • T1550.001: Application Access Token lateral-movement
  • T1557: Adversary-in-the-Middle credential-access, collection
  • T1563: Remote Service Session Hijacking lateral-movement

References

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