Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-66515

The Nextcloud Approval app allows approval or disapproval of files in the sidebar.

Published Dec 5, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · The Nextcloud Approval app

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-66515. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of The Nextcloud Approval app is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (The Nextcloud Approval app).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low2.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.31%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe nextcloud/approval

The Nextcloud Approval app allows approval or disapproval of files in the sidebar. Prior to 1.3.1 and 2.5.0, an authenticated user listed as a requester in a workflow can set another user’s file into the “pending approval” without access to the file by using the numeric file id. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1 and 2.5.0.

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  • cpe nextcloud/approvalversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-66515

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-66515. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of The Nextcloud Approval app is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 5, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Nextcloud Approval app allows approval or disapproval of files in the sidebar. Prior to 1.3.1 and 2.5.0, an authenticated user listed as a requester in a workflow can set another user’s file into the “pending approval” without access to the file by using the numeric file id. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1 and 2.5.0.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Nextcloud Approval app allows approval or disapproval of files in the sidebar. Prior to 1.3.1 and 2.5.0, an authenticated user listed as a requester in a workflow can set another user’s file into the “pending approval” without access to the file by using the numeric file id. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1 and 2.5.0.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-66515

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-66515

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-66515

    The Nextcloud Approval app allows approval or disapproval of files in the sidebar. Prior to 1.3.1 and 2.5.0, an authenticated user listed as a requester in a workflow can set another user’s file into the “pending approval” without access to the file by using the numeric file id.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.