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

Debian Mixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Fixed	`0~2025070717+~cs15.3.8-1`
forky	Fixed	`0~2025070717+~cs15.3.8-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	basic-ftp	`<5.3.1`	`5.3.1`
NPM	basic-ftp	`<= 5.3.0`	`5.3.1`

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.