Medium
Nextcloud Desktop client behaves incorrectly if the initial end-to-end-encryption signature is empty
Type: advisorySources: OSV
The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. The Desktop client did not stop with an error but allowed by-passing the signature validation, if a manipulated server sends an empty initial signature. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to 3.14.2 or later.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-52510
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 02:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Nextcloud Desktop client behaves incorrectly if the initial end-to-end-encryption signature is empty
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Nov 2024, 17:29 UTC
The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. The Desktop client did not stop with an error but allowed by-passing the signature validation, if a manipulated server sends an empty initial signature. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to 3.14.2 or later.
osv:CVE-2024-52510
Complete source record
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