CVE-2021-40491: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ftp client in GNU Inetutils before 2.2 does not validate addresses returned by PASV/LSPV responses to make sure they match the server address. This is similar to CVE-2020-8284 for curl.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
  • GNU InetUtils: before 2.2 (fixed in 2.2)

Published 2021-09-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.