CVE-2026-109152
jbardin scp.py SCP Receive _recv_pushd path traversal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2026
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1. The impacted element is the function _recv_file/_recv_pushd of the component SCP Receive Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 0.16.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5d. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 5.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 5.4 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 6.4 Medium | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
scp.pyjbardin |
|
References
- VDB-416886 | jbardin scp.py SCP Receive _recv_pushd path traversalvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-416886 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-109152 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
- Submit #978646 | jbardin scp.py 0.16.1 Path Traversalthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/issues/206issue-tracking
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/commit/42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5dpatch
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/releases/tag/v0.16.2patch
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/product
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