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nextcloud-desktop — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41882

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. In version 3.6.0, if a user received a malicious file share and has it synced locally or the virtual filesystem enabled and clicked a nc://open/ link it will open the default editor for the file type of the shared file, which on Windows can also sometimes mean that a file depending on the type, e.g. "vbs", is being executed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to version 3.6.1. As a workaround, users can block the Nextcloud Desktop client 3.6.0 by setting the `minimum.supported.desktop.version` system config to `3.6.1` on the server, so new files designed to use this attack vector are not downloaded anymore. Already existing files can still be used. Another workaround would be to enforce shares to be accepted by setting the `sharing.force_share_accept` system config to `true` on the server, so new files designed to use this attack vector are not downloaded anymore. Already existing shares can still be abused.

Products
nextcloud-desktop
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.6.1-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-41882
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 15:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41882

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Nov 2022, 19:15 UTC

The Nextcloud Desktop Client is a tool to synchronize files from Nextcloud Server with your computer. In version 3.6.0, if a user received a malicious file share and has it synced locally or the virtual filesystem enabled and clicked a nc://open/ link it will open the default editor for the file type of the shared file, which on Windows can also sometimes mean that a file depending on the type, e.g. "vbs", is being executed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to version 3.6.1. As a workaround, users can block the Nextcloud Desktop client 3.6.0 by setting the `minimum.supported.desktop.version` system config to `3.6.1` on the server, so new files designed to use this attack vector are not downloaded anymore. Already existing files can still be used. Another workaround would be to enforce shares to be accepted by setting the `sharing.force_share_accept` system config to `true` on the server, so new files designed to use this attack vector are not downloaded anymore. Already existing shares can still be abused.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41882

nextcloud-desktop

Fixed versions: 3.6.1-1

nextcloud-desktop

Fixed versions: 3.6.1-1

nextcloud-desktop

Fixed versions: 3.6.1-1

Complete source record
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