CVE-2026-59996

mediumCVSS 4.2covered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-07-02

scp in OpenSSH before 10.4 may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory when the copy occurs between two remote destinations.

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What: scp may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory during remote copy operations.
Who is affected: Deployments of OpenSSH scp before version 10.4 are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is medium due to the potential for misplacement of files.
Action: Upgrade OpenSSH to version 10.4 or later.

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Low exploitation risk0.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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