What is GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4?

GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in Progress Software WS_FTP Server...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4 cover?

GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-90871. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4?

GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4MediumCVSS 5.3

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in Progress Software WS_FTP Server...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 29, 2026

Last Modified

October 29, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-90871 →

📋 Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows could allow an unauthenticated attacker to affect files outside the intended directory.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90871
https://progress.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Knowledge__kav/ka7Pb000001vl86IAA/view
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8298-7w39-fvv4