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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8139

A missing access control check in Nextcloud Server < 18.0.1, < 17.0.4, and < 16.0.9 causes hide-download shares to be downloadable when appending /download to the URL.

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CVE-2020-8139
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1 Nov 2026, 07:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-8139

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Mar 2020, 21:15 UTC

A missing access control check in Nextcloud Server < 18.0.1, < 17.0.4, and < 16.0.9 causes hide-download shares to be downloadable when appending /download to the URL.

osv:CVE-2020-8139
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8139",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-8139",
    "summary": "A missing access control check in Nextcloud Server < 18.0.1, < 17.0.4, and < 16.0.9 causes hide-download shares to be downloadable when appending /download to the URL.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8139",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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          ],
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            "v17.0.4RC1",
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            "v16.0.8",
            "v17.0.3",
            "v16.0.8RC1",
            "v17.0.3RC1",
            "v18.0.0",
            "v16.0.7",
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            "v17.0.2RC1",
            "v17.0.1",
            "v16.0.6",
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            "v17.0.1rc1",
            "v17.0.0",
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            "v16.0.4",
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            "v16.0.3",
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.839455583Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KC6HLX5SG4PZO6Y54D2LFJ4ATG76BKOP/",
        "https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-015",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/788257"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437345,
  "published_at": "2020-03-20T21:15:17.64+00:00"
}