UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119147

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119147

    Published: 30 Oct 2026Last Modified: 5 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-119147

    Summary:

    Details: ProFTPD before 1.3.9e and 1.3.10rc5 contains an authorization bypass in the mod_sftp copy-file extension handler that skips Limit WRITE checks for new destination files. Authenticated SFTP users can copy any readable file to a new path in write-denied directories, creating files where uploads are forbidden.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-119147, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119147, https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/proftpd-sftp-copy-file-write, https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd, https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/v1.3.9d/contrib/mod_sftp/fxp.c#L4748, https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/b7d3de4565ae448a510feecd17b41923e44bfe16, https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/releases/tag/v1.3.10rc5, https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/releases/tag/v1.3.9e, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/proftpd-before-1.3-9e-and-1.3-10rc5-mod-sftp-copy-file-authorization-bypass

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: proftpd-dfsg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/proftpd-dfsg?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3.5-2
    1.3.5a-1
    1.3.5a-1build1
    1.3.5a-1ubuntu0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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