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CVE-2026-6265

Insecure preserved inherited permissions vulnerability in Cerberus FTP Server on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue has been resolved in Cerberus FTP Server: 2026.1
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:22bd7ed2c3d5ff5ab7b2ac5cf4d127a79b5f92bf6d0cf77eb65bebdb77aec0c5
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Cerberus FTP Server","vendor":"Cerberus","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2025.4.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2026.1"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d6fd833aad318b6dbb497b46f5e00e5917fd0ac94fd274cd6eeccc2fa52641dc · sha256:196eb6995bb0db7b… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d6fd833aad318b6dbb497b46f5e00e5917fd0ac94fd274cd6eeccc2fa52641dc · sha256:196eb6995bb0db7b… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-278","description":"CWE-278 Insecure preserved inherited permissions","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d6fd833aad318b6dbb497b46f5e00e5917fd0ac94fd274cd6eeccc2fa52641dc · sha256:196eb6995bb0db7b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://labs.reversec.com/advisories/2026/04/cerberus-ftp-server-elevation-of-privileges"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d6fd833aad318b6dbb497b46f5e00e5917fd0ac94fd274cd6eeccc2fa52641dc · sha256:196eb6995bb0db7b… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://labs.reversec.com/advisories/2026/04/cerberus-ftp-server-elevation-of-privileges"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d6fd833aad318b6dbb497b46f5e00e5917fd0ac94fd274cd6eeccc2fa52641dc · sha256:196eb6995bb0db7b… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://www.cerberusftp.com/releasenotes/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d6fd833aad318b6dbb497b46f5e00e5917fd0ac94fd274cd6eeccc2fa52641dc · sha256:196eb6995bb0db7b… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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