---
id: CVE-2026-109152
title: A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1
summary: >-
  A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1. The
  impacted element is the function _recv_file/_recv_pushd of the component SCP
  Receive Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation
  of…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2026-10-13'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T13:29:12.567'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109152'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/commit/42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5d
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/issues/206'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/jbardin/scp.py/releases/tag/v0.16.2'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-109152'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/submit/978646'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/416886/cti'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T10:22:03.558Z'
---

## Overview

A security vulnerability has been detected in jbardin scp.py up to 0.16.1. The impacted element is the function _recv_file/_recv_pushd of the component SCP Receive Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 0.16.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 42fc3aaa71411daed60544e3b40179c1038bed5d. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.