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CVE-2026-94002

Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP client via unsolicited SFTP replies

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.20.0, 3.0.0-M6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Possible memory exhaustion in SFTP clients (DefaultSftpClient) in component sshd-sftp in Apache MINA SSHD versions 0.9.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The sshd-sftp component provides support for SFTP. The SFTP client implementation, when receiving a reply, did not check that this reply corresponded to a request sent earlier. Unsolicited replies would be stored but never consumed. A malicious server could keep sending unsolicited replies until available memory in the client was exhausted. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • org.apache.sshd:sshd-sftp

    From 0.9.0 · fixed in 2.20.0; From 3.0.0-M1 · fixed in 3.0.0-M6

References 1

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