CVE-2026-35025

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.

CVSS 4.0

8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-59

Published

2026-06-24

Modified

2026-10-25

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-25

Affected

• proftpd:proftpd

References

• http://www.proftpd.org/
• https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2170
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/proftpd-acl-bypass-via-proc-self-root-path-prefix-in-rnfr

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