CVE
basic-ftp denial of service in MLSD listing parser
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 6.2.4
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 6.2.4.
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.50% · 43rd percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 42/100 · provisional
- The share of the registry's downloads of each affected package in the window that were versions inside the affected ranges. Downloads, not users or installs: CI runs and mirrors inflate the counts.
- 99% of basic-ftp downloads last week were affected versions (36.9M).npm, 37.5M downloads in the last 7 days, read Nov 8, 2026
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
basic-ftp, an FTP client library for Node.js, can be made to reject a directory listing call (Client.list()) when a malicious or compromised FTP server, or an on-path attacker on an unencrypted FTP session, sends a specially named fact in MLSD output, which an attacker can do remotely without logging in. This failure can crash the Node.js process if the application does not handle the rejection, and the flaw is fixed in version 6.2.4.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Read the original description
basic-ftp is an FTP client for Node.js. Prior to 6.2.4, the MLSD directory-listing parser in src/parseListMLSD.ts uses untrusted fact names from the FTP server as keys in the plain-object factHandlersByName dictionary without checking that the resolved property is an own handler. A fact named __proto__ therefore resolves to Object.prototype, bypasses the missing-handler guard, and is called as though it were a function, producing a TypeError. The error propagates through Client.list() and APIs that depend on it because it is not an FTPError. A malicious or compromised FTP server, or an on-path attacker on a plaintext FTP session, can make the affected operation reject, and the Node.js process terminates under the default behavior in Node.js 15 and later only if the application leaves that rejection unhandled. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.4.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach20/20basic-ftp: 33M downloads a week
- Severity5.3/10CVSS 5.3
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 87 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 82 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 47 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
Impact
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 6.2.4.
Check your systems with an agent
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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-126345 (basic-ftp: Uncaught TypeError in MLSD directory-listing parser via proto fact name causes DoS in Client.list()), using the cve.now data below.
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-126345 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- patrickjuchli basic-ftp: fixed in 6.2.4
- npm package basic-ftp: fixed in 6.2.4
Fixed versions: 6.2.4.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-126345 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/security/advisories/GHSA-5pm8-86m8-9m6r
- https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/commit/a22664a45d889f7d281e5bdd212c68c0a58d0ae6
- https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/releases/tag/v6.2.4
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-126345
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- patrickjuchli basic-ftp
fixed in 6.2.4
- basic-ftpnpm
fixed in 6.2.4
Fixed in 6.2.4 (released Oct 30, 2026, 13 days before disclosure).
The latest release, 6.2.6, is not affected.
Evidence 5
Vendor advisory · 1
Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.
- Advisory
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Other links · 2
- Repository
- Repository
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-126345
Is CVE-2026-126345 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-126345?
basic-ftp: before 6.2.4. basic-ftp (npm): before 6.2.4.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-126345?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 6.2.4.Source: cve.now feed data