SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
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CVE-2026-48798

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.38% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-18 · Last synced 2026-09-17

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The vulnerability affects the SSH.NET library for .NET, specifically in the ScpClient.Download method, which improperly trusts file and directory names from a remote SCP server. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit directory traversal techniques to create or overwrite files in arbitrary locations on the client’s system, posing a significant risk of unauthorized data manipulation. Organizations using versions 2025.1.0 and earlier should prioritize upgrading to version 2026.0.0 to mitigate this high-severity security risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-48798
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.38%

Original NVD Description

SSH.NET is a Secure Shell (SSH) library for .NET. In 2025.1.0 and earlier, ScpClient.Download(string directoryName, DirectoryInfo directoryInfo) trusts file and directory names returned by a remote SCP server and combines them with the requested local directory without containment validation, allowing a malicious, compromised, or man-in-the-middle server to use ../ sequences or absolute paths to create or overwrite files anywhere writable by the client process. This issue is fixed in version 2026.0.0.