CVE-2016-5725

5.9 mediumEPSS 24%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2017-01-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

jcraft:jsch

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-q446-82vq-w674	Maven	com.jcraft:jsch	<0.1.54	0.1.54

References

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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115

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