SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2025-31161

CVE-2025-31161: Used in ransomware campaigns — CISA KEV

CrushFTP 10 before 10.8.4 and 11 before 11.3.1 allows authentication bypass and takeover of the crushadmin account (unless a DMZ proxy instance is used), as exploited in the wild in March and April 2025, aka "Unauthenticated HTTP(S) port access." A race condition exists

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

CrushFTP 10 before 10

Vendor / Product
— / —
Added to KEV
BOD 22-01 due
Ransomware use
Known
CVSS / EPSS
9.8 · EPSS —

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

CrushFTP 10 before 10.8.4 and 11 before 11.3.1 allows authentication bypass and takeover of the crushadmin account (unless a DMZ proxy instance is used), as exploited in the wild in March and April 2025, aka "Unauthenticated HTTP(S) port access." A race condition exists in the AWS4-HMAC (compatible with S3) authorization method of the HTTP component of the FTP server. The server first verifies…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

- CISA KEV: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

No additional references available in the KB record.

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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