CVE-2026-63090CWE-122

ProFTPD mod_sftp Heap Buffer Overflow via SFTP Packet Reassembly

High · published July 20, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

ProFTPD before 1.3.9c and 1.3.10rc3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the mod_sftp module that allows authenticated low-privilege attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by sending crafted SFTP packet fragments exceeding the 16 KB reassembly buffer in the fxp.c component. Attackers can supply oversized fragments to trigger an incorrectly conditioned reallocation, corrupt pool freelist metadata, overwrite the root_fs BSS global pointer to reference a fake filesystem struct, and redirect pr_fsio_stat() to system() via a crafted RENAME request.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00929 · 60.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-07-20T14:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 14:22Z
    ProFTPD mod_sftp Heap Buffer Overflow via SFTP Packet Reassembly
    cvelistv5