An issue was discovered in Bftpd 5.3.
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Bftpd 5.3. Under certain circumstances, an out-of-bounds read is triggered due to an uninitialized value. The daemon crashes at startup in the hidegroups_init function in dirlist.c.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01737 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bftpd_project:bftpd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.3 | Vulnerable | Bftpd Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:bftpd_project:bftpd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3 Vulnerable ·Bftpd Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6162
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-568h-8j2j-wm8w
References
More Bftpd Project Bftpd vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-05543 An issue was discovered in Bftpd before 5.4. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12434 In Bftpd before 4.7, there is a memory leak in the file rename function. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-6162 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-6162 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-568h-8j2j-wm8w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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