Path traversal on Windows in Apache MINA SSHD component sshd-git
Summary
Path traversal on Windows in Apache MINA SSHD component sshd-git. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The path validation applied for CVE-2026-48827 in Apache MINA SSHD 2.18.0 and 3.0.0-M4 was partly ineffective for Servers running on Windows. Applications are affected if they use org.apache.sshd:sshd-git to implement a git server and run on Windows. Users are advised to upgrade affected applications to Apache MINA SSHD 2.19.0, which fixes the issue. The issue also is present in the pre-release milestones 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M4 for a new upcoming new major version 3.0.0.
What this means
In plain English
Path traversal on Windows in Apache MINA SSHD component sshd-git. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The path validation applied for CVE-2026-48827 in Apache MINA SSHD 2.18.0 and 3.0.0-M4 was partly ineffective for Servers running on Windows. Applications are affected if they use org.apache.sshd:sshd-git to implement a git server and run on Windows. Users are advised to upgrade affected applications to Apache MINA SSHD 2.19.0, which fixes the issue. The issue also is present in the pre-release milestones 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M4 for a new upcoming new major version 3.0.0. Path traversal can escape an intended file location and expose files or directories available to the affected process.
Recommended action
Vendor mitigation: Users are advised to upgrade affected applications to Apache MINA SSHD 2.19.0, which fixes the issue. Upgrade affected applications to 3.0.0-M5. No fixed release is recorded in the parsed advisory, so treat these controls as temporary until the vendor confirms a patched release.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- 2.19.0
- 3.0.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 13 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 13 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Users are advised to upgrade affected applications to Apache MINA SSHD 2.19.0, which fixes the issue.
- Upgrade affected applications to 3.0.0-M5.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 13 hours ago·verify at source
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