CVE-2026-119146

medium

Description

ProFTPD before 1.3.9e and 1.3.10rc5 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the mod_rewrite int:utf8trans RewriteMap that allows remote attackers to overwrite static buffers. Attackers can send FTP command arguments longer than 1024 bytes, without authentication if pre-login commands are rewritten, to corrupt session memory and crash the session.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/proftpd-before-1.3-9e-and-1.3-10rc5-buffer-overflow-via-mod-rewrite-utf8trans-rewritemap

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/releases/tag/v1.3.9e

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/releases/tag/v1.3.10rc5

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/502d280b8d0ef72e44c6dd0a35a9405af0a1e301

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/v1.3.9d/contrib/mod_rewrite.c#L2052

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-113779

https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/proftpd-rewrite-utf8trans

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-30

Updated: 2026-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00459