Vulnerability · Published Jun 22, 2023 · Assigned by rapid7
CVE-2023-2990Fortra Globalscape Administration Server Denial of Service
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Globalscape EFT from Fortra. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fortra | Globalscape EFT | 8.0.0 – before 8.1.0.16 |
Weakness: CWE-400