CVE-2026-54591
AsyncSSH: SCP Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Write
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.3%
EPSS Percentile
24th
AsyncSSH is a Python package which provides an asynchronous client and server implementation of the SSHv2 protocol on top of the Python asyncio framework. Prior to 2.23.1, a malicious SSH server can write arbitrary files on the asyncssh SCP client's filesystem by sending filenames containing ../ traversal sequences because _parse_cd_args in scp.py returns server-provided names verbatim and _recv_files joins them to the destination path without enforcing the target directory boundary. This issue is fixed in version 2.23.1.
| CWE | CWE-22 |
| Vendor | ronf |
| Product | asyncssh |
| Published | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Jul 9, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
ronf / asyncssh
< 2.23.1