python-scp — security advisory
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.
- Products
- python-scp
- Affected versions
- 0.14.4-1, 0.14.5-1, 0.14.5-1~exp1, 0.14.5-2, 0.15.0-1, 0.16.1-1, 0.16.2-1
- Fixed versions
- 0.16.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-109152
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109152
python-scp
Fixed versions: Not specified
python-scp
Fixed versions: Not specified
python-scp
Fixed versions: 0.16.2-1
Complete source record
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