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[GHSA] GHSA-mggc-4xg6-vcxf (high) — SSH.NET: ScpClient allows server-side RCE via default SCP path handling
GHSA-mggc-4xg6-vcxf Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-85756
SSH.NET: ScpClient allows server-side RCE via default SCP path handling
## Summary
Default SCP remote-path handling places caller-supplied paths into the command that runs scp on the server. On a shell-based server that command is interpreted by a shell, so an attacker-influenced path that is not quoted to suit that shell can execute as a c
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-85756cve
- CVE-2020-15778cve
Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mggc-4xg6-vcxf