CVE-2026-39983

FTP Command Injection via CRLF in basic-ftp

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Apr 9, 2026
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Reserved
Apr 8, 2026

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Description

basic-ftp is an FTP client for Node.js. Prior to 5.2.1, basic-ftp allows FTP command injection via CRLF sequences (\r\n) in file path parameters passed to high-level path APIs such as cd(), remove(), rename(), uploadFrom(), downloadTo(), list(), and removeDir(). The library's protectWhitespace() helper only handles leading spaces and returns other paths unchanged, while FtpContext.send() writes the resulting command string directly to the control socket with \r\n appended. This lets attacker-controlled path strings split one intended FTP command into multiple commands. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.2.1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:LGitHub_M
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Lredhat-SADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
basic-ftppatrickjuchli
  • < 5.2.1Affected

References

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