# CVE-2023-23944: Nexcloud Mail app temporarily stores cleartext password in database

> Attackers with database access can read cleartext user passwords stored during OAuth2 setup in the Nextcloud Mail app.

- **Severity:** Low 2.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g86r-x755-93f4

## What is CVE-2023-23944?

CVE-2023-23944 is a low-severity vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 6 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Nextcloud mail is an email app for the nextcloud home server platform. In versions prior to 2.2.2 user's passwords were stored in cleartext in the database during the duration of OAuth2 setup procedure. Any attacker or malicious user with access to the database would have access to these user passwords until the OAuth setup has been completed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 2.2.2. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23944?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nextcloud Mail.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23944?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23944 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in nextcloud security-advisories

- [CVE-2021-32652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32652/): Missing permission check on email metadata retrieval (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-31132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31132/): Unauthenticated SSRF in 3rd party module "cerdic/csstidy" (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-52508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52508/): Nextcloud Mail auto configurator can be tricked into sending account information to wrong servers (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-23943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23943/): Blind SSRF via server URL input in the Nextcloud Mail app (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2023-45660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45660/): Require strict cookies for image proxy requests in Nextcloud Mail (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23944 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23944 is a low-severity vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 6 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nextcloud security-advisories. 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-2023-23944/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23944/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23944
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23944
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23944

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23944/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.