C-Kermit 8.0.200 before 11.1.515 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in getreply() in ckcftp.c that allows malicious FTP servers to overwrite client memory by sending overlong security replies. Attackers controlling or intercepting an FTP server can send long PBSZ replies after AUTH TLS, or long ADAT replies in GSSAPI, Kerberos 4, and SRP builds, overflowing the static reply_buf with attacker-controlled bytes.
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/security/advisories/GHSA-c5px-7h4c-gj8p
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/releases/tag/v11.1.515
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/commit/bec28a4d544031fa07a07aacba3df5dd1202ef69
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/commit/39ab009a365b97632e9975e1266fa618c4bdc59f
https://github.com/OpenKermit/ckermit/blob/v11.0.514/ckcftp.c#L11161
Published: 2026-11-13
Updated: 2026-11-13
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: Critical
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00603