CVE-2026-35025

Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
24/06/2026
Last modified:
14/07/2026

Description

ProFTPD through 1.3.9b and 1.3.10rc2 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated FTP users to circumvent Directory ACL restrictions by prefixing paths with /proc/self/root in the RNFR command handler. Attackers can exploit the unresolved symlink components in dir_canonical_path() to cause dir_check() to perform lexical path comparisons that match no configured Directory block, enabling rename operations on files in DenyAll-protected directories and subsequent retrieval of those files. Mitigation: Sessions configured with DefaultRoot (chroot) are not affected, as chroot changes the directory to which /proc/self/root resolves.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.3.9b (including)
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*