CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-0964

MediumCVSS 6.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.41%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

A malicious SCP server can send unexpected paths that could make the client application override local files outside of the working directory. This could be misused to create malicious executable or configuration files and make the user execute them. This is the same issue as in OpenSSH, tracked as CVE-2019-6111.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can overwrite files outside the working directory, potentially leading to execution of malicious code or system configuration changes.

Recommendation

Update the SCP client to a patched version or avoid using SCP with untrusted servers.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS