CVE-2026-6265
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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
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
db4dfee8-a97e-4877-bfae-eba6d14a2166
Published
2026-04-27 14:16:51.153000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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