Upstream information

CVE-2026-48855 at MITRE

Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh (ssh_sftpd module) allows File Discovery.

The SSH_FXP_READLINK handler in ssh_sftpd sends the raw result of file:read_link/2 to the client without calling chroot_filename/2 to strip the backend root prefix. An authenticated SFTP client can create a symlink inside the chroot pointing to /; ssh_sftpd resolves the target to the absolute backend root and stores it on disk. Reading the symlink back via SSH_FXP_READLINK returns that absolute path, for example /data/sftp, instead of the chrooted value /.

The information disclosed is the absolute filesystem path of the SFTP root directory and of any symlink targets within it. No file contents, credentials, or access to paths outside the root directory are obtainable through this issue alone.

This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ssh/src/ssh_sftpd.erl.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before 29.0.2, 28.5.0.2 and 27.3.4.13 corresponding to ssh from 3.0.1 before 6.0.1, 5.5.2.1 and 5.2.11.8.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 4.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db) SUSE
Base Score 2.3 2.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements Present Present
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1268139 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 erlang Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 erlang Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 erlang Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 erlang Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 erlang26 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 erlang Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 erlang Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 erlang Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 erlang Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 erlang Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 erlang Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 erlang Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 erlang26 Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jun 10 20:03:56 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Jun 11 17:26:04 2026