High severity · published Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-48711
SSHFS: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
7.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SSHFS is a network filesystem client for connecting to SSH servers. From version 1.4 until 3.7.6, SSHFS accepts a bracketed mount source such as [-oProxyCommand=CMD]:/path and find_base_path() removes the brackets, leaving a host value that begins with - and is passed directly to ssh as a command-line argument. When a caller also supplies a path-valued sftp_server, ssh treats the normalized host as an option and the server path as its destination, causing an injected ProxyCommand to execute locally before any connection or authentication succeeds. The attack requires a caller or wrapper that passes an attacker-controlled mount source to SSHFS with the required sftp_server configuration and results in arbitrary command execution as the user running SSHFS. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
sshfs · libfuse
< 3.7.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48711
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48711
github.com
https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/commit/29bb565ea6405e2dd5a0ea65fe64da117e76055e
github.com
https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/pull/362
github.com
https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/releases/tag/sshfs-3.7.6
github.com
https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/security/advisories/GHSA-mm85-q63v-4476
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