CVE-2009-5012: G.rodola Pyftpdlib

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 does not require the l permission for the MLST command, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and list the root directory via an FTP session.

Affected products

• G.rodola Pyftpdlib: up to and including 0.5.1; version 0.1 only; version 0.1.1 only; version 0.2.0 only; version 0.3.0 only; version 0.4.0 only; …

Published 2010-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.