CVE-2021-37533

MEDIUM

Apache Commons Net < 3.9.0 - Information Disclosure via FTP PASV Host Redirection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Prior to Apache Commons Net 3.9.0, Net's FTP client trusts the host from PASV response by default. A malicious server can redirect the Commons Net code to use a different host, but the user has to connect to the malicious server in the first place. This may lead to leakage of information about services running on the private network of the client. The default in version 3.9.0 is now false to ignore such hosts, as cURL does. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-711.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/03/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5307
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/o6yn9r9x6s94v97264hmgol1sf48mvx7

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 48.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
apache/commons_net < 3.9.0
commons-net/commons-net 0 - 3.9.0Maven
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
Published Dec 03, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026