CVE-2026-42167

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42167
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42167.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-42167
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
OESA (5)
openSUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2026-04-28T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-21T02:57:46Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

mod_sql in ProFTPD before 1.3.9a allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a username, in scenarios where there is logging of USER requests with an expansion such as %U, and the SQL backend allows commands (e.g., COPY TO PROGRAM).

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "mitre",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-89"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42167.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/proftpd/proftpd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "1.3.7b"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "1.3.9a"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StandardRange"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "1.3.9b"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42167.json"