CVE-2026-54886

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition 'Infinite Loop' vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh sshsftpd module allows an authenticated SFTP user to render an SFTP channel permanently unresponsive. The handledata/4 function in sshsftpd contains a catch-all clause that accepts channel data of any type. When...

CVE-2026-54886

The vulnerability CVE-2026-54886 affects Erlang/OTP's SSH server side (ssh_sftpd) and allows an authenticated SFTP client to trigger an infinite loop on a channel by sending SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_EXTENDED_DATA. The handle_data/4 clause tail-calls itself when a non-zero data_type_code arrives with an em...