Possible memory exhaustion in SFTP clients (DefaultSftpClient) in component sshd-sftp in Apache MINA SSHD versions 0.9.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5.




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MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The sshd-sftp component provides support for SFTP.




The SFTP client implementation, when receiving a reply, did not check that this reply corresponded to a request sent earlier. Unsolicited replies would be stored but never consumed. A malicious server could keep sending unsolicited replies until available memory in the client was exhausted.




Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue.
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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache mina Sshd
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Apache mina Sshd

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Description Possible memory exhaustion in SFTP clients (DefaultSftpClient) in component sshd-sftp in Apache MINA SSHD versions 0.9.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The sshd-sftp component provides support for SFTP. The SFTP client implementation, when receiving a reply, did not check that this reply corresponded to a request sent earlier. Unsolicited replies would be stored but never consumed. A malicious server could keep sending unsolicited replies until available memory in the client was exhausted. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue.
Title Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP client via unsolicited SFTP replies
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T14:31:45.869Z

Reserved: 2026-09-19T14:20:51.289Z

Link: CVE-2026-94002

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-30T10:17:17.877

Modified: 2026-09-30T11:16:47.810

Link: CVE-2026-94002

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T13:00:14Z

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