Fortra Globalscape Administration Server Denial of Service
Priority HIGH 72CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00903 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Globalscape EFT (Fortra): 8.1.0.16
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortra | Globalscape EFT | 8.0.0 to before 8.1.0.16 | 8.1.0.16 | Patch available | CNA |
- Globalscape EFT VendorFortra Affected 8.0.0 to before 8.1.0.16 Fixed in 8.1.0.16 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:eft_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 8.1.0.16 | Vulnerable | Global Scape |
- cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:eft_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.1.0.16 Vulnerable ·Global Scape
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Globalscape EFT (Fortra) Fixed in 8.1.0.16
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Fortra Globalscape EFT 8.1.0.16
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-02800 Fortra Globalscape Administration Server Out of Bounds Memory ReadPriority HIGH 80
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2990
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcg7-gqc4-qc5q
References
More Fortra vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-09211 Deserialization Vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT's License Servlet KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2022-20934 Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-00185 Authentication Bypass in GoAnywhere MFT CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04900 SQL Injection Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Workflow 5.1.6 Build 135 (and earlier) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00634 Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command Injection KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-18577 An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-2990 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2990 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hcg7-gqc4-qc5q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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