--- a/scp.c
+++ a/scp.c
Reference:https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openssh/blob/rawhide/f/backport-openssh-6.6.1p1-scp-non-existing-directory.patch
@@ -1084,6 +1084,10 @@ sink(int argc, char **argv)
free(vect[0]);
continue;
}
+ if (buf[0] == 'C' && ! exists && np[strlen(np)-1] == '/') {
+ errno = ENOTDIR;
+ goto bad;
+ }
omode = mode;
mode |= S_IWUSR;
if ((ofd = open(np, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, mode)) == -1) {
--
