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RockyLinux 8 : rsync (RLSA-2026:26408)

šŸ—“ļøĀ 17 Jun 2026Ā 00:00:00Reported byĀ TenableTypeĀ 
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RockyLinux 8 rsync has memory disclosure via overflow and a time check race enabling privilege escalation.

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ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-43618
20 May 202600:50
–attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-29518
20 May 202612:48
–attackerkb
Tenable Nessus
Amazon Linux 2023 : rsync, rsync-daemon (ALAS2023-2026-1801)
8 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
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Amazon Linux 2 : rsync, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3332 (ALAS-2026-3332)
8 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
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Debian dla-4591 : rsync - security update
20 May 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus
Debian dsa-6282 : rsync - security update
20 May 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus
FreeBSD : ner/rsync -- multiple vulnerabilities (ecca89eb-54e6-11f1-bc4a-40b034429ecf)
22 May 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus
RHEL 10 : rsync (RHSA-2026:26332)
16 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus
RHEL 8 : rsync (RHSA-2026:26408)
16 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus
RHEL 9 : rsync (RHSA-2026:26410)
16 Jun 202600:00
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:26408.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(321341);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-29518", "CVE-2026-43618");
  script_xref(name:"RLSA", value:"2026:26408");

  script_name(english:"RockyLinux 8 : rsync (RLSA-2026:26408)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
RLSA-2026:26408 advisory.

    * rsync: rsync: Remote memory disclosure via integer overflow in compressed-token decoding
    (CVE-2026-43618)

    * rsync: TOCTOU symlink race condition allowing local privilege escalation in daemon mode without chroot.
    (CVE-2026-29518)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:26408");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469054");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469055");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-43618");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-29518");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/06/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/06/17");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rsync");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rsync-daemon");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rsync-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rsync-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Rocky Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RockyLinux/release", "Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Rocky Linux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Rocky Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Rocky Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'RockyLinux 8.x', 'Rocky Linux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Rocky Linux', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'rsync-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'rsync-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'rsync-daemon-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-27.el8_10', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'el_string':'el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}
if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'rsync / rsync-daemon / rsync-debuginfo / rsync-debugsource');
}

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17 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.18.1
CVSS 47.3
EPSS0.00643
SSVC
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