---
id: CVE-2007-5201
aliases:
  - GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85
  - PYSEC-2026-633
title: FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing
summary: FTP backend for Duplicity Discloses Passwords to Process Listing
severity: medium
vendor: duplicity
product: duplicity
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - duplicity < 0.4.9
patched:
  - duplicity 0.4.9
published: '2022-05-01'
updated: '2026-07-06'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081'
  - url: 'https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity'
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
  - url: >-
      https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html
  - url: >-
      https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html
  - url: 'http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00374
epssPercentile: 0.31165
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:53.932Z'
---

## Overview

The FTP backend for Duplicity before 0.4.9 sends the password as a command line argument when calling ncftp, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.

## Affected packages

- `duplicity < 0.4.9`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `duplicity 0.4.9`