Resource exhaustion in Fortra Globalscape Eft
CVE-2023-2990
Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fortra Globalscape Eft — versions 8.0.0
- Globalscape Eft Server
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalsc… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- kb.globalscape.com/Knowledgebase/11588/Is-EFT-susceptible-to-the-Denial-of-serv… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-2990?
- CVE-2023-2990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fortra Globalscape Eft, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-06-22.
- How severe is CVE-2023-2990?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-2990 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.