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Nextcloud Desktop 3rdparty applications can create share links via socket API

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Nextcloud Desktop is the desktop sync client for Nextcloud. In versions of Nextcloud Desktop prior to 3.15, 3rdparty applications already installed on a user machine can create link shares for almost all data via the socket API. These shares can then be easily sent off to an external service. Nextcloud Desktop fixes the issue in version 3.15. No known workarounds are available.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-47792
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 13:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Nextcloud Desktop 3rdparty applications can create share links via socket API

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 May 2025, 14:13 UTC

Nextcloud Desktop is the desktop sync client for Nextcloud. In versions of Nextcloud Desktop prior to 3.15, 3rdparty applications already installed on a user machine can create link shares for almost all data via the socket API. These shares can then be easily sent off to an external service. Nextcloud Desktop fixes the issue in version 3.15. No known workarounds are available.

osv:CVE-2025-47792
Complete source record
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    "summary": "Nextcloud Desktop is the desktop sync client for Nextcloud. In versions of Nextcloud Desktop prior to 3.15, 3rdparty applications already installed on a user machine can create link shares for almost all data via the socket API. These shares can then be easily sent off to an external service. Nextcloud Desktop fixes the issue in version 3.15. No known workarounds are available.",
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