Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the handling of ancillary file writes such as --log-file, --write-batch, or daemon-mode log and statistics paths. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files by placing a symlink at a predictable output path and...

CVE-2026-53803

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink following vulnerability that allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by placing a symlink at a predictable output path such as --log-file, --write-batch, or daemon-mode log and statistics paths. Attackers can exploit rsync's failure to reject...