CVE-2026-44240 basic-ftp allows a malicious FTP server to cause client-side denial of service via unbounded multiline control response buffering

basic-ftp is an FTP client for Node.js. Prior to 5.3.1, basic-ftp is vulnerable to client-side denial of service when parsing FTP control-channel multiline responses. A malicious or compromised FTP server can send an unterminated multiline response during the initial FTP banner phase, before...

CVE-2026-44240

CVE-2026-44240 affects the Node.js FTP client basic-ftp . Before version 5.3.1, the client is vulnerable to client-side denial of service when parsing FTP control-channel multiline responses. A malicious FTP server can send an unterminated multiline response during the initial banner phase, causi...