CVE-2026-102990

Description

basic-ftp is an FTP client for Node.js. Prior to 6.2.1, Client.list() can be forced by a malicious or compromised FTP server to spend quadratic CPU time parsing a directory listing because the RE_LINE expression in src/parseListUnix.ts backtracks across adjacent variable-length owner and group fields when a long Unix-style line has a valid prefix but cannot satisfy the later size and date fields. parseList() selects a parser from the last nonblank line and then applies it to every line, so a normal final line can select the Unix parser while an earlier crafted line blocks the Node.js event loop and freezes the process. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.1.

References

• https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/commit/d0d9e07c56e519587bb50532ac6eadbb0cb0cfe9
• https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/releases/tag/v6.2.1
• https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/security/advisories/GHSA-c475-qrg2-pj4r
• https://github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/security/advisories/GHSA-c475-qrg2-pj4r