SB2026082569 - Path traversal in Apache Mina SSHD

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-48827)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote user to access git repositories outside the configured git server root directory.

The vulnerability exists due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in sshd-git git operations when processing repository paths over SSH. A remote user can supply crafted repository path values to access git repositories outside the configured git server root directory.

Only applications using the org.apache.sshd:sshd-git component are vulnerable.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://lists.apache.org/api/email.lua?id=910kq9ghm6js0k1yhhbrdm9sf5tqq9c9
• https://mina.apache.org/