CVE-2021-41256

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    CVE-2021-41256

    Published: 30 Nov 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: nextcloud news-android is an Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app. In affected versions the Nextcloud News for Android app has a security issue by which a malicious application installed on the same device can send it an arbitrary Intent that gets reflected back, unintentionally giving read and write access to non-exported Content Providers in Nextcloud News for Android. Users should upgrade to version 0.9.9.63 or higher as soon as possible.

    References: https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85, https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3, https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -f922eccbb66539c481b8c2f6ca6ca796c6e41470

    Affected versions

    v.0.9.9.62
    v.0.9.9.61
    v.0.9.9.60
    v.0.9.9.50
    v.0.9.9.38
    v.0.9.9.40
    v.0.9.9.36
    v.0.9.9.35
    v.0.9.9.34
    v.0.9.9.33
    v.0.9.9.32
    v.0.9.9.31
    v.0.9.9.26
    v.0.9.9.25
    v.0.9.9.24
    v.0.9.9.23
    v.0.9.9.22
    v.0.9.9.21
    v.0.9.9.20
    v.0.9.9.18
    v.0.9.9.17.1
    v.0.9.9.16.1
    v.0.9.9.16
    v.0.9.9.15
    v.0.9.9.13
    v.0.9.9.12
    v.0.9.9.11-1
    v.0.9.9.11
    v.0.9.9.10
    v.0.9.9.9.1
    v.0.9.9.9
    v.0.9.9.8
    v.0.9.9.7
    v.0.9.9.6
    v.0.9.9.4
    v.0.9.9.3
    v.0.9.9.2
    v.0.9.9.1
    v.0.9.9.0
    v.0.9.8.7
    v.0.9.8.5
    v.0.9.8.3.1
    v.0.9.8.4
    v.0.9.8.3
    v.0.9.8.2
    v.0.9.8.1
    v.0.9.8
    v.0.9.7.6
    v.0.9.7.5
    v.0.9.7.4
    v.0.9.7.3
    v.0.9.7.2
    v.0.9.7
    v.0.9.6.3
    v.0.9.6.1
    v.0.9.5.2
    v.0.9.5
    v.0.9.4
    v.0.9.3
    v.0.9.1
    v.0.9.0
    v.0.8.8
    v.0.8.4.5
    v.0.8.4
    v.0.7.7
    v.0.7.5
    v.0.7.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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