CVE-2026-109152
A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1
- Risk score
- 40/100
- CVSS
- 5.4 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.5%
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1. The impacted element is the function _recv_file/_recv_pushd of the component SCP Receive Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 0.16.2 is sufficient to resolve this…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 5.4 medium
References
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/commit/42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5d
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/issues/206
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/releases/tag/v0.16.2
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-109152
- https://vuldb.com/submit/978646
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886/cti
Original description
A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1. The impacted element is the function _recv_file/_recv_pushd of the component SCP Receive Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 0.16.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5d. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.