Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 22, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-2989

Description

Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from an out of bounds memory read in their administration server, which can allow an attacker to crash the service or bypass authentication if successfully exploited

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Affected products

Globalscape/Eft Server
cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:eft_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <8.1.0.16
Globalscape/EFTllm-create
Range: <8.1.0.16
Fortra/Globalscape EFTllm-fuzzy2 versions
<8.1.0.16+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <8.1.0.16
- (no CPE)range: 8.0.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalscape-eft-administration-server-fixed/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
kb.globalscape.com/Knowledgebase/11586/Is-EFT-susceptible-to-the-Authentication-Bypass-via-Outofbounds-Memory-Read-vulnerabilitynvdVendor Advisory

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