CVE-2024-48651

In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemental groups from mod_sql.

Published: 2024-11-29 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-48651 is rated High Risk (69/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.59%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +6.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-48651

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-20 30.42% 36.59% +6.16%
2 2026-02-03 31.68% 30.42% -1.26%
3 2026-01-19 — 31.68% —

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-48651

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-48651

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-48651

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-48651: 1 source package rows (proftpd); 5 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 3, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-48651
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-48651 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-48651
suse high CVE-2024-48651 severity important: SUSE including 27 source package names (proftpd-1.3.8b-150600.13.6.1, proftpd-1.3.8c-1.1, …), 45 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 45. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-48651/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-48651 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): released 5, not-affected 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-48651

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-48651

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-48651

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