Webcam exposure via combined permission-state handling
Published May 17, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Information disclosure in Nextcloud Talk before 13.0.5 allows remote authenticated users acting as call moderators to expose user webcams. The Web UI treats audio and video permissions as one combined state, so a single permission change can incorrectly reconnect an enabled video track. Exposure requires moderator access and a participant who enabled the webcam before its permission was removed; the bounded impact is unauthorized live video viewing.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Nextcloud Talk before 13.0.5 allows remote authenticated users acting as call moderators to expose user webcams. The Web UI treats audio and video permissions as one combined state, so a single permission change can incorrectly reconnect an enabled video track. Exposure requires moderator access and a participant who enabled the webcam before its permission was removed; the bounded impact is unauthorized live video viewing.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24890
- Published
- May 17, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Nextcloud GmbH
- Product
- Security Advisories
- Classifications
- CWE-276, CWE-359, CWE-200, T1125
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 17, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 13.0.5
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Public exploit references
- Nextcloud Talk media-permission reproduction scenariosproof of concept · demonstrated
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