High
Security advisory
A flaw was found with the libssh API function ssh_scp_new() in versions before 0.9.3 and before 0.8.8. When the libssh SCP client connects to a server, the scp command, which includes a user-provided path, is executed on the server-side. In case the library is used in a way where users can influence the third parameter of the function, it would become possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary commands, leading to a compromise of the remote target.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-14889
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found with the libssh API function ssh_scp_new() in versions before 0.9.3 and before 0.8.8. When the libssh SCP client connects to a server, the scp command, which includes a user-provided path, is executed on the server-side. In case the library is used in a way where users can influence the third parameter of the function, it would become possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary commands, leading to a compromise of the remote target.
osv:CVE-2019-14889
Complete source record
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