EIP-2026-119287

PRE-CVE

WinSCP 3.5.6 - Long URI Handling Memory Corruption

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-119287. PoCs published by Luca Ercoli.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in WinSCP by triggering memory corruption via excessively long 'sftp:' or 'scp' addresses. The provided HTML files leverage either a meta refresh or a VBScript to launch WinSCP with a malformed URI, causing the application to crash.

Description

WinSCP 3.5.6 - Long URI Handling Memory Corruption

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Luca Ercoli · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24012

The exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in WinSCP by triggering memory corruption via excessively long 'sftp:' or 'scp' addresses. The provided HTML files leverage either a meta refresh or a VBScript to launch WinSCP with a malformed URI, causing the application to crash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WinSCP 3.5.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious HTML file or execute the VBScript
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026