Circles' remote-instance signature verification fetches the attacker-supplied keyId URL before trust in the remote instance is established, and explicitly allows local/private addresses for this request, bypassing Nextcloud's core SSRF protections. The public, unauthenticated endpoints POST /apps/circles/event/ and POST /apps/circles/incoming/ reach this code path, allowing any unauthenticated user to force the server to issue a GET request to an internal address.

The response body of the internal request is never returned to the requester, so this is blind SSRF: an attacker can determine whether an internal service is reachable, but cannot read its response contents through this endpoint alone.

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Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Title Blind SSRF in Nextcloud Circles via Remote-Instance Verification

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0000

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Title Blind SSRF in Nextcloud Circles via Remote-Instance Verification

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Nextcloud
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Vendors & Products Nextcloud
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Description Circles' remote-instance signature verification fetches the attacker-supplied keyId URL before trust in the remote instance is established, and explicitly allows local/private addresses for this request, bypassing Nextcloud's core SSRF protections. The public, unauthenticated endpoints POST /apps/circles/event/ and POST /apps/circles/incoming/ reach this code path, allowing any unauthenticated user to force the server to issue a GET request to an internal address. The response body of the internal request is never returned to the requester, so this is blind SSRF: an attacker can determine whether an internal service is reachable, but cannot read its response contents through this endpoint alone.
Weaknesses CWE-918
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Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T19:41:07.400Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T15:00:00.606Z

Link: CVE-2026-77164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T19:41:04.281Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-18T02:17:07.510

Modified: 2026-09-18T20:17:22.273

Link: CVE-2026-77164

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-19T21:45:16Z

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