# CVE-2026-94002: Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP client via unsolicited SFTP replies

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.20.0, 3.0.0-M6
- Published: 2026-09-30 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- 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

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on org.apache.sshd:sshd-sftp, upgrade to a fixed version (2.20.0, 3.0.0-M6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/x2cb00kh4qvsq145tj2w4g3toy8cybld

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