CVE-2026-40876Published

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 …

Exact source revision recorded 27 Oct 2026 10:10:07 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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nvd · CVE-2026-40876

Published

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.

NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.

Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-22

Original publisher date fields

published: 2026-04-21T20:17:01.263

lastModified: 2026-10-26T22:10:00.163

6 source CPE criteria · context only

cpe:2.3:a:goshs:goshs:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:goshs:goshs:2.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:goshs:goshs:2.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:goshs:goshs:2.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:goshs:goshs:2.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:goshs:goshs:2.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:go:*:*

The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.

Source published: 21 Apr 2026 20:17:01 UTC
Source modified: 26 Oct 2026 22:10:00 UTC
Observed here: 27 Oct 2026 10:10:07 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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