Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-45281

HighUpdated

Published: 01 June 2026

Published
01 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 20.2th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-45281 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Nextcloud is an open source content collaboration platform. In Nextcloud Server from versions 32.0.0 to before 32.0.9, and 33.0.0 to before 33.0.3, with the knowledge of other users’ principal URL an attacker could possibly send a request to gain full…

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access to their calendar. Therefore, the attacker must be an authenticated user. This is because of improper authorization controls in the backend of the calendar. If the attacker had access to the calendar, they would be able to view and modify it. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 33.0.3 or 32.0.9. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Enterprise Server is upgraded to 33.0.3, 32.0.9, 31.0.14.5, 30.0.17.9, 29.0.16.16, 28.0.14.17, 27.1.11.26, 26.0.13.26, 25.0.13.29, 24.0.12.34, 23.0.12.35, 22.2.10.39, or 21.0.9.23

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1213 Data from Information Repositories Collection
Adversaries may leverage information repositories to mine valuable information.
Why these techniques?

IDOR/authz bypass in Nextcloud calendar enables exploitation of the web app (T1190) and unauthorized access to repository data (T1213).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2023-36331Shared CWE-639
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CVE-2026-41084Shared CWE-639

Affected Assets

nextcloud
nextcloud server
32.0.0 — 32.0.9 · 33.0.0 — 33.0.3 · 21.0.0 — 21.0.9.23

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

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