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Medium 6.5Published Oct 15, 2026

CVE-2026-110923Openssh: openssh: sftp can write outside the destination directory from a server-supplied path

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Red Hat Hardened Images and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. During an sftp copy, a malicious server can supply an empty name, a slash-only path, or a ".." basename that sftp uses as the local destination, writing outside the directory the user selected.

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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
redhat
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
from 10.5p1-1.2.hum1 not affected
CNA record
10
CNA record
4
CNA record

References

  • vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
  • vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
  • issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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