CVE-2026-106552
Received Received - Intake

Directory Traversal in OpenSSH SFTP

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-106552, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-06

Last updated on: 2026-10-06

Assigner: MITRE

Description

In sftp in OpenSSH before 10.6, a server can trigger directory traversal (causing files to be written to unintended locations) during a recursive copy operation.

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Published
2026-10-06
Last Modified
2026-10-06
Generated
2026-10-07
EPSS Evaluated
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OpenBSD OpenSSH 0

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CWE-23 The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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