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GHSA-9P3W-RM2Q-9GXC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-26 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-27 00:31

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: 2026-03-26 21:08

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

CWE

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

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

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	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

Vendor

Product

Version

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10

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 Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-9P3W-RM2Q-9GXC

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

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