CVE-2026-41589 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-41589: Wish has SCP Path Traversal that allows arbitrary file read/write

Vendor Charmbracelet
Product wish
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published May 7, 2026
Last update May 7, 2026

CVSS base score

9.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Wish is an SSH server with defaults and a collection of middlewares. From version 2.0.0 to before version 2.0.1, the SCP middleware in charm.land/wish/v2 is vulnerable to path traversal attacks. A malicious SCP client can read arbitrary files from the server, write arbitrary files to the server, and create directories outside the configured root directory by sending crafted filenames containing ../ sequences over the SCP protocol. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 7, 2026 CVE published
May 7, 2026 Record updated