sftp in OpenSSH before 10.4 does not properly constrain the location of downloaded files when "sftp server:/path ." is used with an attacker-controlled server.
CVE-2026-59995
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (14th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.4
- EG Score
- 5.4MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 24EG Risk 24/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity54% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 15th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
July 8, 2026
Last Modified
July 9, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5'Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released' - MARC
https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59995(9)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:76993Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:76748Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:71603Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 security update
- RHSA-2026:69130Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- RHSA-2026:69266Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:69129Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssh security update
- CVE-2026-59995Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
sftp in OpenSSH before 10.4 does not properly constrain the location of downloaded files when "sftp server:/path ." is used with an attacker-controlled server.
- RHSA-2026:37382Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- +1 more
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ssh-krb5 (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm10) @ xenial | 2026-10-01 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ssh-askpass-gnome (1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.4) @ resolute | 2026-10-01 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1790242004 | 2026-09-24 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:8.0p1-33.el8_10 | 2026-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-27.el10_2 | 2026-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-0:9.9p1-11.el9_8 | 2026-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum1 | 2026-07-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | — |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (86 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (77 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.5p1-1 (31 versions) |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssh | 1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.3p1-9 (21 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 225 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-01 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-01 16:24 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-01 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-29 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-28 13:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-28 13:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-28 13:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 06:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-23 06:15 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-23 06:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 05:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-18 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 11:19 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-14 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-13 08:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 08:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-13 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 03:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-12 03:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-12 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-05 22:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-05 22:52 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-05 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 07:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-30 07:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-30 07:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 04:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 04:30 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-28 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-27 01:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-27 01:51 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-27 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 13:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-25 13:31 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-25 13:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-24 11:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-24 11:11 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-24 11:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-23 08:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-23 08:55 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-23 08:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-22 06:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-22 06:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-22 06:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 04:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 04:25 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-21 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 02:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-20 02:09 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-20 02:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 20:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 20:47 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-18 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 12:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 12:25 UTCVendor advisory
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