{"id":"CVE-2026-32147","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-32147","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:44:56.074Z","title":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftpd module) allows an authenticated SFTP user to modify file attributes outside the configured chroot directory.","description":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftpd module) allows an authenticated SFTP user to modify file attributes outside the configured chroot directory.\n\nThe SFTP daemon (ssh_sftpd) stores the raw, user-supplied path in file handles instead of the chroot-resolved path. When SSH_FXP_FSETSTAT is issued on such a handle, file attributes (permissions, ownership, timestamps) are modified on the real filesystem path, bypassing the root directory boundary entirely.\n\nAny authenticated SFTP user on a server configured with the root option can modify file attributes of files outside the intended chroot boundary. The prerequisite is that a target file must exist on the real filesystem at the same relative path. Note that this vulnerability only allows modification of file attributes; file contents cannot be read or altered through this attack vector.\n\nIf the SSH daemon runs as root, this enables direct privilege escalation: an attacker can set the setuid bit on any binary, change ownership of sensitive files, or make system configuration world-writable.\n\nThis vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl and program routines ssh_sftpd:do_open/4 and ssh_sftpd:handle_op/4.\n\nThis issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 28.4.3, OTP 27.3.4.11 and OTP 26.2.5.20, corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 5.5.3, 5.2.11.7 and 5.1.4.15.","published":"2026-04-21T12:15:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T22:10:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["erlang/erlang\\/otp","erlang/erlang\\/ssh"],"epss":{"score":0.00354,"percentile":0.28801,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-32147.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/28c5d5a6c5f873dc701b597276271763e7d1c004","tags":["Patch"],"source":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-28jg-mw9x-hpm5","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-32147","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"},{"url":"https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions","tags":["Product"],"source":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32147","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}