CVE-2026-54886

A flaw was found in the Erlang OTP ssh Secure Shell component, specifically within its SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol module. An authenticated SFTP user can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted extended data on an open channel. This action triggers an infinite loop in the...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-54886

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition 'Infinite Loop' vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh sshsftpd module allows an authenticated SFTP user to render an SFTP channel...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53422

Observable Response Discrepancy vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh sshsftpd module allows an authenticated SFTP user to enumerate the existence of files and directories outside the configured root directory. The SSHFXPREALPATH handler in sshsftpd calls relatefilename/3 with Canonicalize=false, unlik...

CVE-2026-40876

goshs is a SimpleHTTPServer written in Go. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.6, goshs contains an SFTP root escape caused by prefix-based path validation. An authenticated SFTP user can read from and write to filesystem paths outside the configured SFTP root, which breaks the intended jail boundary and can...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32147

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory 'Path Traversal' vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh sshsftpd module allows an authenticated SFTP user to modify file attributes outside the configured chroot directory. The SFTP daemon sshsftpd stores the raw, user-supplied path in file...

SUSE-SU-2026:20088-1 Security update for erlang

This update for erlang fixes the following issues: Update the ssh component to the latest in the maint-27 branch. Security issues fixed: - CVE-2025-48040: ssh: overly tolerant handling of data received from unauthenticated users when processing key exchange messages may lead to excessive resource...