Denial of service in SFTPGo via malformed SSH channel request
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-129 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
SFTPGo versions before 2.7.5 are affected. An authenticated SSH user can send a malformed protocol message while opening a channel, and improper validation (CWE-129) leads to an unhandled error. The error terminates the server process, affecting all connected users until restart. No confidentiality or integrity impact has been identified.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
SFTPGo is an open source, event-driven file transfer solution. Prior to 2.7.5, an authenticated SSH user can send a malformed protocol message while opening a channel, causing an unhandled error that terminates the server process and affects all connected users until restart. No confidentiality or integrity impact has been identified. This issue is fixed in 2.7.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| drakkan | sftpgo | before 2.7.5 | 2.7.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 (Go) | before 2.7.5 | 2.7.5 | Patch available | GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc |
- sftpgo Vendordrakkan Affected before 2.7.5 Fixed in 2.7.5 Patch available CNA
- github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.7.5 Fixed in 2.7.5 Patch available GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc
Remediation
Upgrade SFTPGo to version 2.7.5, which fixes this issue, for both the sftpgo product and the github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 Go package.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
- Fix · CNA sftpgo (drakkan) Fixed in 2.7.5
- Fix · GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.7.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77375
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Go/github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/[email protected] · GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc
- 2026-10-16 CVSS score added · GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc
- 2026-10-16 Weakness changed · GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc
- 2026-10-16 5 new references · GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc
References
More drakkan vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-16494 Recovery codes abuse in SFTPGo CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2023-26623 The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2025-18109 Insufficient sanitization of user provided rsync command in SFTPGo CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-18599 XSS Vulnerabilities in WebClient CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-36441 SFTPGo: Path confinement bypass in public browsable share partial ZIP download CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2026-23740 SFTPGo has a Path Traversal and Permission Bypass via Path Normalization Discrepancy CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-77375 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-77375 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q7pc-356p-hggc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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