Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openssh-cavs  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENSSHCAVS-17950607
  • 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 Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:8.

NVD Description

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

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.