From 6b799df77c38b5d8907dc2a6be4092898874b61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 10:33:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] gh-87451: Apply CVE-2021-4189 PASV fix to ftplib.ftpcp() (GH-149648) ftpcp() called parse227() directly and passed the source server's self-reported PASV IPv4 address to the target server's PORT command, bypassing the CVE-2021-4189 fix that was applied only to FTP.makepasv(). A malicious source FTP server could use this to redirect the target server's data connection to an arbitrary host:port (SSRF). ftpcp() now uses the source server's actual peer address, honoring the existing trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address opt-out, the same as makepasv(). Thanks to Qi Ding at Aurascape AI for the report. (GHSA-w8c5-q2xf-gf7c) (cherry picked from commit eac4fe3b2c77693790a5ef7dfab127c1fee81bf9) Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com> --- Lib/ftplib.py | 11 +++++- Lib/test/test_ftplib.py | 36 ++++++++++++++++++- ...6-05-10-18-05-32.gh-issue-87451.XkKB6M.rst | 6 ++++ 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-05-10-18-05-32.gh-issue-87451.XkKB6M.rst diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py index 7c5a50715f6dc6..62b70672c6e826 100644 --- a/Lib/ftplib.py +++ b/Lib/ftplib.py @@ -905,7 +905,16 @@ def ftpcp(source, sourcename, target, targetname = '', type = 'I'): type = 'TYPE ' + type source.voidcmd(type) target.voidcmd(type) - sourcehost, sourceport = parse227(source.sendcmd('PASV')) + # Don't trust the IPv4 address the source server advertises in its PASV + # reply: a malicious source could otherwise point the target's data + # connection at an arbitrary host (SSRF). A caller that needs the old + # behavior can set trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address on the source FTP + # object. See FTP.makepasv(), which applies the same rule. + untrusted_host, sourceport = parse227(source.sendcmd('PASV')) + if source.trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address: + sourcehost = untrusted_host + else: + sourcehost = source.sock.getpeername()[0] target.sendport(sourcehost, sourceport) # RFC 959: the user must "listen" [...] BEFORE sending the # transfer request. diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py index 2f5cc06ca4b9a5..a6070eb213460a 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ except ImportError: ssl = None -from unittest import TestCase, skipUnless +from unittest import mock, TestCase, skipUnless from test import support from test.support import threading_helper from test.support import socket_helper @@ -1143,6 +1143,40 @@ def testTimeoutDirectAccess(self): ftp.close() +class TestFtpcpSecurity(TestCase): + """ftpcp() must not trust the host a source server advertises in PASV. + + A malicious source server can otherwise redirect the target server's + data connection to an arbitrary host:port (SSRF), so ftpcp() uses the + source server's actual peer address instead, the same as FTP.makepasv(). + """ + + def _make_pair(self, *, advertised_host, real_host, trust=False): + source = mock.Mock(spec=ftplib.FTP) + source.trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address = trust + source.sock.getpeername.return_value = (real_host, 21) + # PASV replies give the host as comma-separated octets, not dotted. + advertised = advertised_host.replace('.', ',') + source.sendcmd.side_effect = lambda cmd: ( + f'227 Entering Passive Mode ({advertised},1,2).' + if cmd == 'PASV' else '150 ok') + target = mock.Mock(spec=ftplib.FTP) + target.sendcmd.return_value = '150 ok' + return source, target + + def test_ftpcp_ignores_untrusted_pasv_host(self): + source, target = self._make_pair(advertised_host='10.0.0.5', + real_host='198.51.100.7') + ftplib.ftpcp(source, 'a', target, 'b') + target.sendport.assert_called_once_with('198.51.100.7', 258) + + def test_ftpcp_trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address(self): + source, target = self._make_pair(advertised_host='10.0.0.5', + real_host='198.51.100.7', trust=True) + ftplib.ftpcp(source, 'a', target, 'b') + target.sendport.assert_called_once_with('10.0.0.5', 258) + + class MiscTestCase(TestCase): def test__all__(self): not_exported = { diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-05-10-18-05-32.gh-issue-87451.XkKB6M.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-05-10-18-05-32.gh-issue-87451.XkKB6M.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..21a79c3e0e7db7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-05-10-18-05-32.gh-issue-87451.XkKB6M.rst @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +The :mod:`ftplib` module's undocumented ``ftpcp`` function no longer trusts +the IPv4 address value returned from the source server in response to the +``PASV`` command by default, completing the fix for CVE-2021-4189. As with +:class:`ftplib.FTP`, the former behavior can be re-enabled by setting the +``trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address`` attribute on the source :class:`ftplib.FTP` +instance to ``True``. Thanks to Qi Deng at Aurascape AI for the report.