# CVE-2026-94029: Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP v6 check-file-name/check-file-handle extension

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, 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 1.0.0, fixed in 2.20.0; from 3.0.0-M1, fixed in 3.0.0-M6

## Description

Server-side memory exhaustion in Apache MINA SSHD 1.0.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5, component sshd-sftp, in the SFTP v6 check-file-name/check-file-handle extension. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. Using a very small "block size" (for instance 256, which is the minimum) on a huge file generates many (file size / block size) hashes. The resulting SFTP reply message was accumulated fully in memory server-side, which could, with a suitably large (possibly sparse) file exhaust the server-side memory, taking down the server. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by imposing a maximum limit on the size of the reply. Many SFTP implementations have a general limit on the size of SFTP messages anyway; typically 256kB as in OpenSSH or also in Apache MINA SSHD.

## 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/ytbl4rwby62xl7llm3wp7k975wwdx99t

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