CVE-2023-24042

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/25	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/25	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hfiref0x:lightftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Dec 2025, 14:59

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Hfiref0x Hfiref0x lightftp
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:lightftp_project:lightftp::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:hfiref0x:lightftp::::::::

21 Nov 2024, 07:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/25 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/25 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2023-01-21 02:15

Updated : 2025-12-08 14:59

NVD link : CVE-2023-24042

Mitre link : CVE-2023-24042

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-24042

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hfiref0x

lightftp

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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