PT-2026-56287 · Openssh · Openssh

Published 2026-07-08 · Updated 2026-07-08 · CVE-2026-59996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenSSH versions prior to 10.4

Description The scp utility may place a file in the parent directory of the intended destination when performing a copy operation between two remote destinations.

Recommendations Update to version 10.4 or later.

Fix

Relative Path Traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-23

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-59996

Affected Products

Openssh

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59996 · Security Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5 · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2074730553199239212 · Twitter Post
• https://openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1 · Note
• https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2074728410773934173 · Twitter Post