GHSA-q446-82vq-w674

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    GHSA-q446-82vq-w674

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-5725

    Summary: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in JCraft JSch

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5725, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115, https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53, http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.jcraft:jsch

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.jcraft/jsch

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.1.54

    Affected versions

    0.1.23
    0.1.24
    0.1.25
    0.1.27
    0.1.29
    0.1.31
    0.1.38
    0.1.41
    0.1.42
    0.1.43
    0.1.43-1
    0.1.44
    0.1.44-1
    0.1.45
    0.1.46
    0.1.47
    0.1.48
    0.1.49
    0.1.50
    0.1.51
    0.1.52
    0.1.53

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High