CVE-2026-59996

MEDIUMNVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 84% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — Patch released this week
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

scp in OpenSSH before 10.4 may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory when the copy occurs between two remote destinations.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(medium)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track

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 computed
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
16%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5
generic

OpenSSH: Release Notes

https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1
generic

'Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released' - MARC

https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59996(7)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntussh-askpass-gnome (1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.18) @ noble2026-08-25ubuntu
redhatrhui5/rhua-tp-rhel9:17872412602026-08-24redhat
redhatrhui5/rhua-rhel9:17865335292026-08-12redhat
redhatopenssh-0:9.9p1-25.el10_22026-07-30redhat
redhatopenssh-0:9.9p1-9.el9_82026-07-29redhat
redhatopenssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum12026-07-09redhat

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

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (86 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-1 ... 1:9.9p2-2 (75 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.4p1-4 (29 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssh1:10.0p1-7 ... 1:10.3p1-9 (21 versions)1:10.4p1-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

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 24× in last 7d / 105× 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 156 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-25 14:50 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-25 14:50 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-25 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-24 13:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-24 13:08 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-24 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-23 11:28 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-23 11:28 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-08-23 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-22 09:48 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-22 09:48 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-22 09:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-21 08:07 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-21 08:07 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-21 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-20 06:25 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-20 06:25 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-20 06:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-19 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-19 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-19 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-18 03:01 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-18 03:01 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-18 03:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-17 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-17 01:08 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-17 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-08-15 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-15 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-08-14 21:48 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-14 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-13 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-12 18:27 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-12 18:27 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-12 18:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-11 16:47 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-11 16:47 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-11 16:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-10 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-10 15:07 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-10 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-09 13:24 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-09 13:24 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-09 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-08 11:44 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-08 11:44 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-08 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-07 10:04 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-07 10:04 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-07 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-06 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-06 08:24 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-06 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-05 06:43 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-05 06:43 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-05 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-04 10:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-08-04 04:36 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-04 04:36 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-04 04:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-08-03 02:56 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-03 02:56 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-03 02:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  64. 2026-08-02 01:16 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-08-02 01:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-07-31 23:35 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-31 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  70. 2026-07-30 21:55 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-07-30 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  75. 2026-07-29 19:09 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59996?
CVE-2026-59996 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. scp in OpenSSH before 10.4 may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory when the copy occurs between two remote destinations.
When was CVE-2026-59996 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59996 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59996 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59996 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 83.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59996?
CVE-2026-59996 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59996?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59996, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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