Medium severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-94029
Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP v6 check-file-name/check-file-handle extension
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Server-side memory exhaustion in Apache MINA SSHD 1.0.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5, component sshd-sftp, in the SFTP v6 check-file-name/check-file-handle extension. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH.
Using a very small "block size" (for instance 256, which is the minimum) on a huge file generates many (file size / block size) hashes. The resulting SFTP reply message was accumulated fully in memory server-side, which could, with a suitably large (possibly sparse) file exhaust the server-side memory, taking down the server.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by imposing a maximum limit on the size of the reply. Many SFTP implementations have a general limit on the size of SFTP messages anyway; typically 256kB as in OpenSSH or also in Apache MINA SSHD.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% 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
1.0.0 before 2.20.0; 3.0.0-M1 before 3.0.0-M6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94029
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94029
vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ytbl4rwby62xl7llm3wp7k975wwdx99t
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