CVE-2026-110923 — Openssh: openssh: sftp can write outside the destination directory from a server-supplied path

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6…).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
4. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
5. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-22 · Path Traversal

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Source status changed · Received → Awaiting Analysis
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · red hat/red hat enterprise linux 10, red hat/red hat enterprise linux 6, red hat/red hat enterprise linux 7, red hat/red
  Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 15, 2026
• CVSS changed · 6.5
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Received
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 15, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• CVE published
  Oct 15, 2026 · redhat

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× References added · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

2 on the record

• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
  issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-110923
  vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• High CVE-2026-92982 Ansible-operator-plugins: ansible operator plugins: arbitrary code execution via jinja2 template injection 1h
• Medium CVE-2026-110927 Openssh: openssh: a compressed payload can expand past the maximum packet size 3h
• Medium CVE-2026-110924 Openssh: openssh: gssapi delegated credentials can be stored after a failed authentication 3h
• Medium CVE-2026-110925 Openssh: openssh: '$' and '\' in a command-line username expand through %u 11h
• Medium CVE-2026-110926 Openssh: openssh: shared lz77 compression dictionary leaks plaintext across channels 11h
• Medium CVE-2026-86856 Dpdk: dpdk: stack and heap buffer overflow in nfp vdpa driver 23h

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No FIRST EPSS score.
• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No CISA SSVC assessment.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-110923 is "Openssh: openssh: sftp can write outside the destination directory from a server-supplied path", rated Medium. It affects Hardened Images (Red Hat); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 6.5 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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