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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-102990 EUVD-2026-90360GHSA-c475-qrg2-pj4r

basic-ftp: Quadratic-time CPU denial of service in Client.list() Unix directory-listing parser (RE_LINE backtracking)

Published Sep 30, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

basic-ftp is an FTP client for Node.js. Prior to 6.2.1, Client.list() can be forced by a malicious or compromised FTP server to spend quadratic CPU time parsing a directory listing because the RE_LINE expression in src/parseListUnix.ts backtracks across adjacent variable-length owner and group fields when a long Unix-style line has a valid prefix but cannot satisfy the later size and date fields. parseList() selects a parser from the last nonblank line and then applies it to every line, so a normal final line can select the Unix parser while an earlier crafted line blocks the Node.js event loop and freezes the process. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
patrickjuchli basic-ftp < 6.2.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-proxy-agents 0~2025070717+~cs16.2.9-1 —
Debian 13 node-proxy-agents No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-proxy-agents No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-proxy-agents No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-proxy-agents No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling code-server 4.140.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling opensearch-dashboards-3-security-dashboards-plugin 3.8.0-r10 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm basic-ftp < 6.2.1 6.2.1 GHSA-c475-qrg2-pj4r

References