CVE-2023-40044

CISA KEV RANSOMWARE
ACT NOW Priority: 0.00 BB Relevance: 10/100
Published: N/A Modified: N/A First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: pending_score

Description

Progress WS_FTP Server contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the Ad Hoc Transfer module that allows an authenticated attacker to execute remote commands on the underlying operating system.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product Progress — WS_FTP Server
Date Added 2023-10-05
Remediation Due 2023-10-26
Ransomware Use CONFIRMED
https://community.progress.com/s/article/WS-FTP-Server-Critical-Vulnerability-September-2023; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40044

Bug Bounty Relevance

10 / 100
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

Unscored

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

90.35%
Raw Score 0.903550
Percentile 99.8%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

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