Findings

CVE-2026-110923

A flaw was found in OpenSSH.

Published Oct 15, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

A flaw was found in OpenSSH. During an sftp copy, a malicious server can supply an empty name, a slash-only path, or a ".." basename that sftp uses as the local destination, writing outside the directory the user selected.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in OpenSSH. During an sftp copy, a malicious server can supply an empty name, a slash-only path, or a ".." basename that sftp uses as the local destination, writing outside the directory the user selected.

Affected

  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9version unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Imagesversion unspecified
  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4version unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgCVE-2026-110923

    A flaw was found in OpenSSH. During an sftp copy, a malicious server can supply an empty name, a slash-only path, or a ".." basename that sftp uses as the local destination, writing outside the directory the user selected.

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2026-110923

    A flaw was found in OpenSSH. During an sftp copy, a malicious server can supply an empty name, a slash-only path, or a ".." basename that sftp uses as the local destination, writing outside the directory the user selected.

    nvd.nist.gov

References