CVE-2026-0964

MEDIUM 5.0

Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers

CVSS Score

5.0

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

10th

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.

CWE	CWE-22
Vendor	red hat
Product	red hat enterprise linux 10
Published	Mar 26, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 18, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0964 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436979 libssh.org: https://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-and-0-11-4-security-releases/

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank CTyun (Red-Shield Security Lab) and Jakub Jelen (libssh) for reporting this issue.