CVE-2026-0964 — Path Traversal in Libssh
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9OSV3.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 26
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 3.4
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CVE-2026-0964: A malicious SCP server can send unexpected paths that could make the client application override local files outside of working directory↗2026-03-26
GHSA▶
GHSA-9p3w-rm2q-9gxc: A malicious SCP server can send unexpected paths that could make the
client application override local files outside of working directory↗2026-03-26