CVE-2026-41324
basic-ftp vulnerable to denial of service via unbounded memory consumption in Client.list()
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
basic-ftp is an FTP client for Node.js. Versions prior to 5.3.0 are vulnerable to denial of service through unbounded memory growth while processing directory listings from a remote FTP server. A malicious or compromised server can send an extremely large or never-ending listing response to `Client.list()`, causing the client process to consume memory until it becomes unstable or crashes. Version 5.3.0 fixes the issue.
How to fix CVE-2026-41324
To remediate CVE-2026-41324, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 5.3.0 or later
Is CVE-2026-41324 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- from 0, < 5.3.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |