CVE-2026-39983
FTP Command Injection via CRLF in basic-ftp
- Published
- Apr 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:LLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 81.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1- CVE-2026-39983Informational
Advisory for basic-ftp ⌯⌲ 20 mill weekly downloads
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