CVE-2026-40884
goshs has an empty-username SFTP password authentication bypass in github.com/patrickhener/goshs
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
Description
goshs has an empty-username SFTP password authentication bypass in github.com/patrickhener/goshs
How to fix CVE-2026-40884
To remediate CVE-2026-40884, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Go/github.com/patrickhener/goshs—no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.0.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.0 or later
Is CVE-2026-40884 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, <= 1.1.4
- from 0
- from 0, < 2.0.0
- from 0, < 2.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |