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CVE-2022-50799: Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client 5.8.2 Remote CPU Consumption Denial of Service

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

Fetch FTP Client 5.8.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger 100% CPU consumption by sending long server responses. Attackers can send specially crafted FTP server responses exceeding 2K bytes to cause excessive resource utilization and potentially crash the application.

Affected products

• Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client: 5.8

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50696
• https://www.fetchsoftworks.com
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/fetch-softworks-fetch-ftp-client-remote-cpu-consumption-denial-of-service
• https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5696.php

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