CVE-2026-35025 PUBLISHED

ProFTPD ACL Bypass via /proc/self/root Path Prefix in RNFR

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 31.03.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS: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 Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor ProFTPD Project
Product ProFTPD
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 1.3.9b (incl.)
  • affected from 0 to 1.3.10rc2 (incl.)

Credits

  • djnn finder
  • VulnCheck finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE