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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2026-109152 json

jbardin scp.py SCP Receive _recv_pushd path traversal

published 2026-10-13 27 d ago modified 2026-10-13 27 d ago also EUVD-2026-98412

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • jbardin scp.py 0.16.2
  • python-scp Debian 14 0.16.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109152

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-109152 updated cvss 5.4

scp: scp.py: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal

  • Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9 Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers rhmtc/openshift-migration-hook-runner-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-supported-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/ee-supported-rhel9, +2 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 python-scp 0.15.0-1.el9ocp, openshift5/ose-ironic-rhel9 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 python-scp 0.15.0-1.el9ocp
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
27 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • jbardin scp.py

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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