CVE-2016-5725
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a recursive GET command.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 24.14% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 September 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- jcraft/jsch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 18.2% on 21 September 2026 to 24.1% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLogRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138809/jsch-0.1.53-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Sep/53Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ChangeLogRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93100Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3115
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-5725Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00017.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40411/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.