CVE-2026-0964
Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.0 Medium
- Published
- Mar 26, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 14, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 5.0 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2026:18160vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:18683vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0964vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2436979issue-tracking
- https://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-and-0-11-4-security-releases/
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