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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-40876 EUVD-2026-24260GHSA-5h6h-7rc9-3824GO-2026-5146

SFTP root escape via prefix-based path validation in goshs

Published Apr 21, 2026 · Updated Apr 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

goshs is a SimpleHTTPServer written in Go. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.6, goshs contains an SFTP root escape caused by prefix-based path validation. An authenticated SFTP user can read from and write to filesystem paths outside the configured SFTP root, which breaks the intended jail boundary and can expose or modify unrelated server files. The SFTP subsystem routes requests through sftpserver/sftpserver.go into DefaultHandler.GetHandler() in sftpserver/handler.go, which forwards file operations into readFile, writeFile, listFile, and cmdFile. All of those sinks rely on sanitizePath() in sftpserver/helper.go. helper.go uses a raw string-prefix comparison, not a directory-boundary check. Because of that, if the configured root is /tmp/goshsroot, then a sibling path such as /tmp/goshsroot_evil/secret.txt incorrectly passes validation since it starts with the same byte prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
patrickhener goshs < 2.0.0-beta.6 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/patrickhener/goshs <= 1.1.4 — GHSA-5h6h-7rc9-3824
Go github.com/patrickhener/goshs all versions — GO-2026-5146
Go github.com/patrickhener/goshs/v2 < 2.0.0 2.0.0 GHSA-5h6h-7rc9-3824

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