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GHSA-9P3W-RM2Q-9GXC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-26 21:31 – Updated: 2026-05-19 15:31

Details

A malicious SCP server can send unexpected paths that could make the client application override local files outside of working directory. This could be misused to create malicious executable or configuration files and make the user execute them under specific consequences.

This is the same issue as in OpenSSH, tracked as CVE-2019-6111.

Severity

5.0 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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CVE-2026-0964 (GCVE-0-2026-0964)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-26 20:06 – Updated: 2026-09-01 11:54

Title

Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers

Summary

Severity

5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-26 20:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

redhat redhat root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18160	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0964	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436979	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-a…

Impacted products

7 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Unaffected: 0:0.12.0-2.el10 , < * (rpm) cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Unaffected: 0:0.10.4-18.el9 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Hardened Images	cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Date Public

2026-02-10 18:44

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank CTyun (Red-Shield Security Lab) and Jakub Jelen (libssh) for reporting this issue.

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