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An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only perf…

Medium CVSS 5.9
CVECVE-2019-6111
First seen2026-10-14 08:16 UTC
Disclosed2019-01-31 18:29 UTC
Last updated2026-10-14 08:16 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirect…

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

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