CVE-2026-40188

goshs is Missing Write Protection for Parametric Data Values

State: Published
Severity: 7.7 High
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Apr 13, 2026
Reserved: Apr 9, 2026

Description

goshs is a SimpleHTTPServer written in Go. From 1.0.7 to before 2.0.0-beta.4, the SFTP command rename sanitizes only the source path and not the destination, so it is possible to write outside of the root directory of the SFTP. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.4.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.7 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-1314 Missing Write Protection for Parametric Data Values

Affected Products

Product	Versions
goshspatrickhener	>= 1.0.7, < 2.0.0-beta.4Affected

References

https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/security/advisories/GHSA-2943-crp8-38xx
https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/commit/141c188ce270ffbec087844a50e5e695b7da7744
https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.4

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