Medium 5.4Published Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-109152jbardin scp.py SCP Receive _recv_pushd path traversal

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:23 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 13, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

jbardin scp.py jbardin:scp.py	0.16.0; 0.16.1; 0.16.2 not affected	CNA record

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886/ctisignature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-109152third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/978646third-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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