A flaw was found in the FTP GVfs backend. A malicious FTP server can exploit this vulnerability by providing an arbitrary IP address and port in its passive mode (PASV) response. The client unconditionally trusts this information and attempts to connect to the specified endpoint, allowing the malicious server to probe for open ports accessible from the client's network.

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To mitigate this issue, users should avoid connecting to untrusted or unknown FTP servers when using applications that rely on the GVfs FTP backend. This vulnerability requires the client to interact with a malicious FTP server for exploitation.

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Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the FTP GVfs backend. A malicious FTP server can exploit this vulnerability by providing an arbitrary IP address and port in its passive mode (PASV) response. The client unconditionally trusts this information and attempts to connect to the specified endpoint, allowing the malicious server to probe for open ports accessible from the client's network.
Title Gvfs: gvfs ftp backend: information disclosure via untrusted pasv responses
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-918
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T15:33:23.865Z

Reserved: 2026-02-26T13:34:41.531Z

Link: CVE-2026-28295

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-26T16:24:09.370

Modified: 2026-02-26T16:24:09.370

Link: CVE-2026-28295

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