CVE-2023-2990 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Fortra Globalscape EFT versions prior to 8.1.0.16. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted, compressed message that causes infinite recursion, leading to a service crash. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high-impact denial of service with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. The EPSS score is low, suggesting a low probability of exploitation in the wild. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.1.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:eft_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.