CVE-2026-93996
Published:September 30, 2026
Updated:October 15, 2026
Uncontrolled resource consumption in component ssd-scp in Apache MINA SSHD versions up to 2.19.0 or 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH.
Component sshd-scp of Apache MINA SSHD provides a Java implementation of SCP. The SCP command protocol is line-oriented with LF-terminated lines. The protocol handler in sshd-scp did not impose any limit on the length of such protocol lines. A malicious peer just sending a junk command containing a never-ending sequence of characters but never a LF would cause the receiver to allocate memory to store this whole junk command, exhausting memory and crashing the application with an OutOfMemoryError.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by enforcing an upper limit on the length of SCP protocol lines.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=sshd-3.0.0-M1 <sshd-3.0.0-M6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version sshd-3.0.0-M6https://github.com/apache/mina-sshd.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=sshd-2.0.0 <sshd-2.20.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version sshd-2.20.0org.apache.sshd:sshd-scp (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0-M1 <3.0.0-M6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.0-M6org.apache.sshd:sshd-scp (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0 <2.20.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.20.0Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
EPSS
Base Score:
0.33