SB2026090270 - Inefficient regular expression complexity in basic-ftp

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SB2026090270 - Inefficient regular expression complexity in basic-ftp

Published: September 2, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026090270
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Inefficient regular expression complexity (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to inefficient regular expression complexity in the Unix directory-listing parser in Client.list() when parsing a server-supplied directory listing. A remote attacker can return a specially crafted directory listing line to cause a denial of service.

A normal line placed last can cause the Unix parser to be selected, while an earlier crafted line triggers quadratic-time backtracking and can freeze the Node.js event loop.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References