CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-35385

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.61%

47th percentile - higher than 47% of all known CVEs

Summary

In OpenSSH before 10.3, a file downloaded by scp may be installed with setuid or setgid bits if the download is performed as root with -O (legacy scp protocol) and without -p (preserve mode).

Risk Assessment

This can lead to privilege escalation when a setuid file is executed by an unprivileged user, allowing code execution with elevated privileges.

Recommendation

Upgrade OpenSSH to version 10.3 or later; temporarily avoid using scp with -O as root without -p.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In OpenSSH before 10.3, a file downloaded by scp may be installed setuid or setgid, an outcome contrary to some users' expectations, if the download is performed as root with -O (legacy scp protocol) and without -p (preserve mode).

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