CVE-2026-109152
Publication date 13 October 2026
Last updated 14 October 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| python-scp | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
5.3 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
5.4 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109152
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/commit/42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5d
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/issues/206
- https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/releases/tag/v0.16.2
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-109152
- https://vuldb.com/submit/978646
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886/cti