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

> Attackers can cause 100% CPU consumption and crash the Fetch FTP Client by sending oversized server responses.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjhx-gxg4-xjm7

## What is CVE-2022-50799?

CVE-2022-50799 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client, published on 30 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50799?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50799?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-50799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-50799 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-50799 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50799 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50799 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client, published on 30 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-50799 exists.

Affected product: Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50799/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50799/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50799
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50799
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50799

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50799/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.