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CVE-2008-7262 — pyftpdlib

MEDIUM

CVE-2008-7262 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in pyftpdlib. A fix is available for pyftpdlib — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Directory traversal in pyftpdlib

Also known asPYSEC-2010-4
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 26, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.0%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs81th percentile — riskier than 81% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.05%0.88%1.71%2.54%0.5%2.0%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐍pyftpdlib

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Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.3.0 allow remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and directories via vectors involving a symlink in a pathname to a (1) CWD, (2) DELE, (3) STOR, or (4) RETR command.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIpyftpdliball versions0.3.0pip install --upgrade 'pyftpdlib==0.3.0'

Affected Products

1 product · 3 configurations
Application
pyftpdlibg.rodola
≤ 0.2.0
2 versions
0.10.1.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for pyftpdlib, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update pyftpdlib to 0.3.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2008-7262 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.

Frequently Asked Questions

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.3.0 allow remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and directories via vectors involving a symlink in a pathname to a (1) CWD, (2) DELE, (3) STOR, or (4) RETR command.
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CVE-2008-7262: pyftpdlib Path Traversal — Fixed in 0.3.0