VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-44240

high
Published 2026-05-12 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

basic-ftp allows a malicious FTP server to cause client-side denial of service via unbounded multiline control response buffering

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianforkyfixed0~2025070717+~cs15.3.8-1
debian debiansidfixed0~2025070717+~cs15.3.8-1
debian debiantrixieaffected

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmbasic-ftp<5.3.15.3.1
npm NPMbasic-ftp<= 5.3.05.3.1

References

CWEs

CWE-400 CWE-770

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.