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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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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
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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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T10:14:15.211Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2026-09-30T16:13:13.493

Link: CVE-2026-94002

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-30T09:37:01Z

Links: CVE-2026-94002 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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