# CVE-2026-67607: LightFTP 2.3.1 Race Condition DoS via worker\_thread\_cleanup

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-31 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- hfiref0x LightFTP: through 2.3.1

## Description

LightFTP 2.3.1 contains a residual race condition vulnerability (an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-11144) in the worker_thread_cleanup() function of ftpserv.c that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to destabilize or crash the daemon by triggering unsynchronized access to shared per-connection state without holding the required mutex lock. Attackers can send a data-transfer command such as LIST followed immediately by ABOR to exploit the missing synchronization on shared context and detached thread id reuse, resulting in daemon destabilization or crash which can lead to a denial of service. The 2.3.1 patch only narrowed the timing window (an extra re-check and reordered cleanup), it never added the missing lock, so the underlying race remains.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hfiref0x LightFTP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/zeroscience/tuktam#real-world-case-study-lightftp-cve-2024-11144
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lightftp-race-condition-dos-via-worker-thread-cleanup

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