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Vulnerability details: VCID-mcdd-yygw-wfch
Vulnerability ID VCID-mcdd-yygw-wfch
Aliases CVE-2026-42167
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 3.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00235 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-42167
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2052
ssvc Track* https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2052
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc
ssvc Track* https://github.com/ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://zeropath.com/blog/proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rce
ssvc Track* https://zeropath.com/blog/proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rce
cvssv3.1 8.1 http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.10rc1
ssvc Track* http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.10rc1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-42167
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-42167
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1135119 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1135119
2052 https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2052
proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rce https://zeropath.com/blog/proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rce
proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc https://github.com/ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc
RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.10rc1 http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.10rc1
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2052
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-04-29T12:51:40Z/ Found at https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2052
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-04-29T12:51:40Z/ Found at https://github.com/ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://zeropath.com/blog/proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rce
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-04-29T12:51:40Z/ Found at https://zeropath.com/blog/proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rce
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.10rc1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-04-29T12:51:40Z/ Found at http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.10rc1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.46416
EPSS Score 0.00235
Published At April 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-28T13:51:53.069588+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.4.0