CVE-2023-2990

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—Elevated

7.5

Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 43.9%
KEV: Not listed

Published

June 22, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

cve@rapid7https://kb.globalscape.com/Knowledgebase/11588/Is-EFT-susceptible-to-the-Denial-of-service-via-recursive-Deflate-Stream-vulnerability
cve@rapid7https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalscape-eft-administration-server-fixed/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kb.globalscape.com/Knowledgebase/11588/Is-EFT-susceptible-to-the-Denial-of-service-via-recursive-Deflate-Stream-vulnerability
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalscape-eft-administration-server-fixed/

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-2990?

CVE-2023-2990 is a high vulnerability published on June 22, 2023. Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service

When was CVE-2023-2990 disclosed?

CVE-2023-2990 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 22, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-2990 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-2990 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 43.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-2990?

CVE-2023-2990 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-2990?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-2990, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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