Vulnerability · Published Jul 8, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-59996
Medium 4.2
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in OpenSSH from OpenBSD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh | 9.9p1-25.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47757 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh | 9.9p1-9.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47756 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-askpass | 9.9p1-25.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47757 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-askpass | 9.9p1-9.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47756 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-clients | 9.9p1-25.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47757 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-clients | 9.9p1-9.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47756 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-keycat | 9.9p1-25.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47757 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-keycat | 9.9p1-9.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47756 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-keysign | 9.9p1-25.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47757 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | openssh-server | 9.9p1-25.el10_2.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47757 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | openssh-server | 9.9p1-9.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47756 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | pam_ssh_agent_auth | 0.10.4-7.9.el9_8.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:47756 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openssh | 10.3_p1-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Debian:12 | openssh | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Debian:13 | openssh | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Debian:14 | openssh | 1:10.4p1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | openssh | 0:9.9p1-25.el10_2.rocky.0.1 | RLSA-2026:47757 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | openssh | 0:9.9p1-9.el9_8.rocky.0.1 | RLSA-2026:47756 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openssh | 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.16 | USN-8533-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openssh | 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.16 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openssh | 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.18 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openssh | 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.18 | USN-8533-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | openssh | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | openssh | 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.4 | USN-8533-1 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | openssh | 1:10.2p1-2ubuntu3.4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | openssh-ssh1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59996 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L