High severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-94002
Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP client via unsolicited SFTP replies
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Possible memory exhaustion in SFTP clients (DefaultSftpClient) in component sshd-sftp in Apache MINA SSHD versions 0.9.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5.
Apache
MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The sshd-sftp component provides support for SFTP.
The SFTP client implementation, when receiving a reply, did not check that this reply corresponded to a request sent earlier. Unsolicited replies would be stored but never consumed. A malicious server could keep sending unsolicited replies until available memory in the client was exhausted.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AM
Apache MINA SSHD · Apache Software Foundation
0.9.0 before 2.20.0; 3.0.0-M1 before 3.0.0-M6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94002
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94002
vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/x2cb00kh4qvsq145tj2w4g3toy8cybld
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