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CVE-2026-67607

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.2 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-31 16:17:11.913000
Last modified
2026-10-23 23:10:00.157000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-07-31T16:17:11.913",
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      "value": "LightFTP 2.3.1 contiene una vulnerabilidad de condición de carrera residual (una solución incompleta para CVE-2024-11144) en la función worker_thread_cleanup() de ftpserv.c que permite a atacantes remotos no autenticados desestabilizar o bloquear el demonio al desencadenar acceso no sincronizado al estado compartido por conexión sin mantener el bloqueo mutex requerido. Los atacantes pueden enviar un comando de transferencia de datos como LIST seguido inmediatamente por ABOR para explotar la sincronización faltante en el contexto compartido y la reutilización de ID de hilo desvinculado, lo que resulta en la desestabilización o bloqueo del demonio, lo que puede llevar a una denegación de servicio. El parche 2.3.1 solo redujo la ventana de tiempo (una revisión adicional y una limpieza reordenada), nunca añadió el bloqueo faltante, por lo que la condición de carrera subyacente permanece."
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