Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openssh  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENSSH-17951046
  • published11 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 Jul 2026

Introduced: 8 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-59996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:7.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssh package and not the openssh package as distributed by Centos.

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.