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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-0887

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.55 and 10.0.2 suffers from a bypass in the quota limitation. Due to not properly sanitizing values provided by the `OC-Total-Length` HTTP header an authenticated adversary may be able to exceed their configured user quota. Thus using more space than allowed by the administrator.

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CVEs
CVE-2017-0887
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1 Nov 2026, 07:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-0887

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Apr 2017, 20:59 UTC

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.55 and 10.0.2 suffers from a bypass in the quota limitation. Due to not properly sanitizing values provided by the `OC-Total-Length` HTTP header an authenticated adversary may be able to exceed their configured user quota. Thus using more space than allowed by the administrator.

osv:CVE-2017-0887
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Nextcloud Server before 9.0.55 and 10.0.2 suffers from a bypass in the quota limitation. Due to not properly sanitizing values provided by the `OC-Total-Length` HTTP header an authenticated adversary may be able to exceed their configured user quota. Thus using more space than allowed by the administrator.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-0887",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:55.489711317Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/173622",
        "https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2017-005"
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