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).
CVE-2026-42167
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-04-29. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2026-26157 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 52EG Risk 52/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity81% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation40% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 7.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 94th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (8.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 7.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-29). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
April 28, 2026
Last Modified
July 24, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026GitHub - ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-poc: POCs to demonstrate CVE-2026-42167 in ProFTPD · GitHub
https://github.com/ZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-pocCVE-2026-42167 Allows Auth Bypass And RCE In ProFTPD - ZeroPath Blog | ZeroPath
https://zeropath.com/blog/proftpd-cve-2026-42167-auth-bypass-privesc-rceSQL injection possible via mod_sql because of is_escaped_text() logic error · Issue #2052 · proftpd/proftpd · GitHub
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2052Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | 1.3.7a+dfsg-12 ... 1.3.9~dfsg-5 (36 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | 1.3.8+dfsg-4, 1.3.8+dfsg-4+deb12u1, 1.3.8+dfsg-4+deb12u2, 1.3.8+dfsg-4+deb12u3, 1.3.8+dfsg-4+deb12u4 |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | 1.3.8.c+dfsg-4, 1.3.8.c+dfsg-4+deb13u1 |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | 1.3.8.c+dfsg-4, 1.3.9~dfsg-1, 1.3.9~dfsg-2, 1.3.9~dfsg-3, 1.3.9~dfsg-4 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 242 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 142 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-30 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-10-29 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.4% · 94th percentile
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- 2026-10-24 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-10-23 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.3% · 94th percentile
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- 2026-10-17 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-10-16 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.3% · 94th percentile
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- 2026-10-13 15:24 UTCOSV refresh
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- 2026-08-17 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 4.3% · 90th percentile
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- 2026-08-16 05:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
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- 2026-08-14 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-14 03:55 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-13 08:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-12 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-12 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 4.3% · 90th percentile
- 2026-08-11 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 4.3% · 90th percentile
- 2026-08-11 01:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 4.3% · 90th percentile
- 2026-08-10 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-10 02:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-09 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-09 14:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q25r-7mmc-3mcj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.1
- 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 4.3% · 90th percentile
Publicly available exploits
(4 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry, 2 GitHub PoCs), as is 1 Nuclei detection template. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-52658Published Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2026-42167 - ProFTPD mod_sql post-authentication SQLi - RCE
Open source ↗ - Nucleinetwork/cves/2026/CVE-2026-42167.yamlPublished Apr 30, 2026
ProFTPD mod_sql - Preauth User Backdoor
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCdinosn/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-analysisPublished Apr 29, 2026
Independent reproduction, code-level root-cause analysis, and realistic-exposure write-up for CVE-2026-42167 (ProFTPD mod_sql is_escaped_text() bypass).
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCZeroPathAI/proftpd-CVE-2026-42167-pocPublished Apr 28, 2026
POCs to demonstrate CVE-2026-42167 in ProFTPD
Open source ↗
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