Aikido Zen for Nextcloud Server

Nextcloud is a self hosted file hosting and collaboration platform written in PHP that stores files, calendars, contacts and more on your own infrastructure.

That often means it holds very sensitive data: internal documents, customer exports, personal files or backups.

If attackers manage to abuse a vulnerability in your Nextcloud stack, they can exfiltrate that data or gain a foothold inside your network. Aikido Zen helps reduce this risk by blocking common web attacks at runtime inside the application code.

What is Aikido Zen and why it matters

Aikido Zen is an in app firewall. It embeds into your runtime and instruments key functions like file access, outbound HTTP calls and database queries. When user input reaches these sensitive sinks in a dangerous way, Zen throws an exception and stops the operation before it executes.

For a Nextcloud admin this matters because:

• Nextcloud relies on a database (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and file system access to manage permissions, shares and comments.

• A single injection or path traversal bug in custom plugins, third party apps or surrounding services can expose a lot of data at once.

• Nextcloud is often internet facing, which makes it a frequent target for bots and known threat actors.

Zen adds an extra safety net on the server where Nextcloud runs, without changing how users access the platform.

How Zen protects Nextcloud

Mitigating abusive traffic

Zen includes traffic control features that help slow down or block brute force style attempts and cut noise from scanning bots before they reach Odoo logic.

Blocking unsafe database operations

Zen inspects database queries at runtime and can stop patterns that look like SQL injection or harmful query manipulation. This helps contain issues coming from custom or community modules that interact with Odoo’s data models.

Preventing unauthorized file system access

Odoo stores configuration, attachments and temporary files on disk. Zen monitors sensitive file operations and blocks path traversal or unexpected file reads and writes outside allowed directories.

Protecting against unsafe outbound requests and SSRF

Odoo modules often integrate with external services for payments, shipping, analytics or ERP extensions. Zen checks outbound HTTP calls and can block unsafe requests created from untrusted input. This prevents SSRF attempts and limits access to internal network targets.

Monitoring and controlling outbound domains

Zen shows every domain your Odoo server connects to. You can block or allow domains to control where data is sent. This is useful for detecting unexpected calls from custom modules, preventing data exfiltration and keeping a tight boundary around integrations your team approves.

Local only inspection

Zen makes security decisions locally on the Odoo server without sending request data to Aikido. This fits well with deployments where Odoo hosts critical business data and privacy is a priority.

Next step

Beta available soon, contact Aikido support for more information