Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-102990
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the Client.list() function in the FTP-client library basic-ftp of the Node.js software platform allows a hacker to trigger a service failure. | 2 Oct 202600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2026-102990 vulnerabilities | 3 Oct 202602:54 | – | cgr | |
| CVE-2026-102990 | 27 Aug 202619:41 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2026-102990 | 30 Sep 202619:44 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-102990 basic-ftp: Quadratic-time CPU denial of service in Client.list() Unix directory-listing parser (RE_LINE backtracking) | 30 Sep 202619:44 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-102990 | 30 Sep 202619:44 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-90360 | 1 Oct 202614:42 | – | euvd | |
| basic-ftp: Quadratic-time CPU denial of service in Client.list() Unix directory-listing parser (RE_LINE backtracking) | 1 Oct 202614:42 | – | github | |
| CVE-2026-102990 | 30 Sep 202620:17 | – | nvd | |
| CGA-2H23-G7Q6-586M | 2 Oct 202611:10 | – | osv |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-102990 |
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-102990 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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- 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
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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. (CVE-2026-102990)
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"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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"release": "13",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "node-agent-base"},
{"reference": "node-args"},
{"reference": "node-basic-ftp"},
{"reference": "node-data-uri-to-buffer"},
{"reference": "node-degenerator"},
{"reference": "node-get-uri"},
{"reference": "node-http-proxy-agent"},
{"reference": "node-https-proxy-agent"},
{"reference": "node-pac-proxy-agent"},
{"reference": "node-pac-resolver"},
{"reference": "node-proxy"},
{"reference": "node-proxy-agent"},
{"reference": "node-socks-proxy-agent"}
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{"reference": "node-get-uri"},
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if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
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}
}
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exit(0);
}
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{
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}
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