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TI-2023-09823 Aliases CVE-2023-24042GHSA-q2vp-hgh9-qp96

A race condition in LightFTP through 2.2 allows an attacker to achieve path traversal via…

Priority HIGH 68CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A race condition in LightFTP through 2.2 allows an attacker to achieve path traversal via a malformed FTP request. A handler thread can use an overwritten context->FileName.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00529 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hfiref0x:lightftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2Vulnerablehfiref0x
  • cpe:2.3:a:hfiref0x:lightftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2 Vulnerable ·hfiref0x

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-24042
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2vp-hgh9-qp96

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2025-40345 A buffer overflow in the g_cfg.MaxUsers component of LightFTP v2.0 allows attackers to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2017-14535 LightFTP version 1.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the "writelogentry" function… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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