# CVE-2021-32705: Lack of ratelimit on public DAV endpoint

> Attackers can enumerate valid share tokens or credentials on Nextcloud Server due to missing rate limiting on the public DAV endpoint.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fjv7-283f-5m54

## What is CVE-2021-32705?

CVE-2021-32705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Nextcloud Server is a Nextcloud package that handles data storage. In versions prior to 19.0.13, 20.011, and 21.0.3, there was a lack of ratelimiting on the public DAV endpoint. This may have allowed an attacker to enumerate potentially valid share tokens or credentials. The issue was fixed in versions 19.0.13, 20.0.11, and 21.0.3. There are no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts), CWE-799 (Improper Control of Interaction Frequency)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32705?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Nextcloud Nextcloud Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-32705?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2021-32705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-32705 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-32705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32705/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32705/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32705
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32705
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32705

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32705/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.