SecuriTricks - CVE-2026-48858

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ftp (ftp_internal module) allows FTP bounce attacks and SSRF via an unvalidated PASV response IP address. The ftp_internal:handle_ctrl_result/2 PASV handler (mode=passive, ipfamily=inet, ftp_extension=false) extracts the IP address from the server's 227 response and passes it directly to gen_tcp:connect/4 without validating it against the control connection peer address. The adjacent EPSV handlers correctly call peername(CSock) to derive the IP from the control connection, but the PASV handler does not. A malicious or compromised FTP server can redirect the client's data connection to an arbitrary internal host and port. On read operations (ftp:ls/1,2, ftp:nlist/1,2, ftp:recv/2,3), data from the redirected target is returned to the caller. On write operations (ftp:send/2,3, ftp:append/2,3), file content is sent to the redirected target. This enables SSRF against internal hosts, cloud metadata endpoints, and FTP bounce attacks against third-party hosts. The vulnerable path is the default configuration (mode=passive, ipfamily=inet, ftp_extension=false). RFC 2577 section 3 explicitly recommends validating the PASV response IP against the control connection peer. The ftp application is deprecated and scheduled for removal in OTP-30. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/inets/src/ftp/ftp_internal.erl (inets 5.10.4 through 6.5, OTP 17.4 through 20.3) and lib/ftp/src/ftp_internal.erl (ftp 1.0 and later, OTP 21.0 and later). This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.4 before 29.0.2, 28.5.0.2 and 27.3.4.13 corresponding to inets from 5.10.4 before 7.0 and ftp from 1.0 before 1.2.6, 1.2.4.1 and 1.2.3.1.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Erlang	Otp Inets Ftp	17.4-20.3 5.10.4-6.5 1.0-1.2.6

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	erlang	otp	17.4-20.3	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	erlang	inets	5.10.4-6.5	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	erlang	ftp	1.0-1.2.6	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48858.html

https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/2691a806231ffd0490a8a9e20500dec0c7e73727

https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/521bcfa24407ee8cb5614823cf905c37ea3aa605

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-24cv-hwgr-37fq

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48858

https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: PRESENT
Privileges Required: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: NONE
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: June 10, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Last Modified: June 10, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

CVE-2026-48858