Description
A race condition in LightFTP through 2.2 allows an attacker to achieve path traversal via a malformed FTP request. A handler thread can use an overwritten context->FileName.
Published: 2023-01-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-28106 A race condition in LightFTP through 2.2 allows an attacker to achieve path traversal via a malformed FTP request. A handler thread can use an overwritten context->FileName.
History

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hfiref0x
Hfiref0x lightftp
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lightftp_project:lightftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:hfiref0x:lightftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lightftp Project
Lightftp Project lightftp
Hfiref0x
Hfiref0x lightftp

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Hfiref0x Lightftp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-02T15:53:19.504Z

Reserved: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24042

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:49:08.833Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-21T02:15:09.747

Modified: 2025-12-08T14:59:09.793

Link: CVE-2023-24042

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses