VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-6265

high
Published 2026-04-27 · Modified 2026-05-07
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.8

Description

Insecure preserved inherited permissions vulnerability in Cerberus FTP Server on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue has been resolved in Cerberus FTP Server: 2026.1

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: db4dfee8-a97e-4877-bfae-eba6d14a2166 — https://www.cerberusftp.com/releasenotes/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: db4dfee8-a97e-4877-bfae-eba6d14a2166 — https://labs.reversec.com/advisories/2026/04/cerberus-ftp-server-elevation-of-privileges

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
cerberusftpftp_server{"endExcluding":"2026.1"}2026.1

References

CWEs

CWE-278

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