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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-48651 json

In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemen…

published 2024-11-29 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-43211

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemental groups from mod_sql.

Patch / fix

  • proftpd proftpd cec01cc
  • proftpd-dfsg Debian 12 1.3.8+dfsg-4+deb12u4
  • proftpd-dfsg Debian 14, Debian 13 1.3.8.b+dfsg-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48651

  • proftpd-dfsg Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.3.6c-2ubuntu0.1
  • proftpd-dfsg Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.3.7c+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
  • proftpd-dfsg Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.3.8.b+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-48651

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  • proftpd SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.3.8b-150600.13.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:1028-1

  • proftpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.8c-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14636-1

  • proftpd Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 1.3.8c-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-48651

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template ProFTPD ≤ 1.3.8b - Privilege Escalation via mod_sql nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • proftpd proftpd

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.