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5.0 Medium

CVE-2026-0964 Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers

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.

CVSS 3.0 detail

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

Exploitable remotely over the network, without an account and if a user takes an action; the impact on data or service is limited.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Versions not published
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Versions not published
Red Hat Hardened Images Versions not published
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