CVE-2026-59996

MEDIUMNVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 85% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

scp in OpenSSH before 10.4 may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory when the copy occurs between two remote destinations.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(medium)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
15.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/06/5
generic

OpenSSH: Release Notes

https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html#10.4p1
generic

'Announce: OpenSSH 10.4 released' - MARC

https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=178333966933090&w=2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59996(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntussh-askpass-gnome (1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.18) @ noble2026-07-16ubuntu
redhatopenssh-main-10.4p1-1.hum12026-07-09redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 03:21 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.20
  2. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-16 14:27 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-16 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-15 12:46 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-15 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-14 11:03 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-14 11:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-13 09:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-12 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 11 more
  1. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 05:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-10 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-09 17:53 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.4
  7. 2026-07-09 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-08 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-08 00:55 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59996?
CVE-2026-59996 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. scp in OpenSSH before 10.4 may place a file in the parent directory of an intended directory when the copy occurs between two remote destinations.
When was CVE-2026-59996 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59996 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59996 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59996 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59996?
CVE-2026-59996 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59996?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59996, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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