nextcloud / nextcloud/files_accesscontrol

Shareing web link, can’t restrict IP with “File access control”

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Description

File access control
Hi, I have set up “File access control” to restrict access to files or folders permissions only to specific IP addresses.
However, today I found that when using the file sharing link feature, it does not block any IP addresses.
Is this a bug in the current version?
I have tested this before on version 18 or so, and at that time, the sharing link could not be accessed by IPs that were not specified in the access control settings.
But today I found that this feature is not working.
Is there a solution to this problem?
Thank you.

File access control version:1.15.1

Running Nextcloud 25.0.3.2

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the shared-link behavior with File access control 1.15.1 on Nextcloud 25.0.3.2, testing requests from both allowed and disallowed IP addresses. Compare this with normal file or folder access and confirm whether the restriction is applied to shared links; done means disallowed IPs are blocked consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
authorization, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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