CVE-2026-0964: Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers
Published Feb 4, 2026
·Updated
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.
Affected Software
10 affected componentsFixes available
libssh libssh
Microsoft azl3 libssh 0.10.6-5
Microsoft azl3 libssh 0.10.6-6
Microsoft cbl2 libssh 0.10.6-5
libssh libssh<0.11.4
redhat Hardened Images
redhat OpenShift Container Platform=4.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=9.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=10.0
Event History
Feb 4, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·11:40 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Mar 26, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:06 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:06 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Mar 31, 2026
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:01 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·08:01 AM
Affected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·08:01 AM
DescriptionSeverity
Updated
via Microsoft·08:01 AM
SeverityAffected Software