goshs is a SimpleHTTPServer written in Go. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.6, goshs contains an SFTP authentication bypass when the documented empty-username basic-auth syntax is used. If the server is started with -b ':pass' together with -sftp, goshs accepts that configuration but does not install any SFTP password handler. As a result, an unauthenticated network attacker can connect to the SFTP service and access files without a password. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.6.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c29w-qq4m-2gcv goshs has an empty-username SFTP password authentication bypass
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Description goshs is a SimpleHTTPServer written in Go. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.6, goshs contains an SFTP authentication bypass when the documented empty-username basic-auth syntax is used. If the server is started with -b ':pass' together with -sftp, goshs accepts that configuration but does not install any SFTP password handler. As a result, an unauthenticated network attacker can connect to the SFTP service and access files without a password. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.6.
Title goshs: Empty-username SFTP password authentication bypass in goshs
Weaknesses CWE-306
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-04-21T19:39:25.698Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T15:57:41.719Z

Link: CVE-2026-40884

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-21T20:17:02.107

Modified: 2026-04-21T20:17:02.107

Link: CVE-2026-40884

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