Vulnerability record

CVE-2023-49105

ownCloud Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run ownCloud, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Aug 30, 2026.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

An issue was discovered in ownCloud owncloud/core before 10.13.1. An attacker can access, modify, or delete any file without authentication if the username of a victim is known, and the victim has no signing-key configured. This occurs because pre-signed URLs can be accepted even when no signing-key is configured for the owner of the files. The earliest affected version is 10.6.0.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
ownCloudownCloudKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

No developments recorded for CVE-2023-49105 in the last 30 days.

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References

  • owncloud.org https://owncloud.org/security
  • owncloud.com https://owncloud.com/security-advisories/webdav-api-authentication-bypass-using-pre-signed-urls/
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-ba…
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49105
  • hunt.io https://hunt.io/blog/chinese-speaking-operator-philippine-nuclear-naval-contractor
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-49105