Rsync security vulnerabilities

Rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool developed by RsyncProject. It is used for both remote and local files. Versions of Rsync prior to 3.4.3 contained security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from a stack write issue in the establishproxyconnection function. Network...

Rsync security vulnerabilities

Rsync is a fast and versatile file copying tool developed by RsyncProject. It is used for both remote and local files. Rsync versions 3.4.2 and earlier have security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stem from an authorization bypass in the access control list based on hostnames during chroo...

PT-2026-42052

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions rsync versions prior to 3.4.3 Description An integer overflow exists in the compressed-token decoder due to a 32-bit signed counter that is not checked for overflow. A malicious sender can trigger this overflow, causing the receiver process to...

PT-2026-42053

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions rsync versions prior to 3.4.3 Description A symlink race condition exists in path-based system calls, including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat. Local attackers with filesystem access can...

CVE-2026-43620

Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain a receiver-side out-of-bounds array read vulnerability in recvfiles in receiver.c that allows a malicious rsync server to crash the rsync client process. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by setting CFINCRECURSE in compatibility flags and sending a...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-45232

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain an off-by-one out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in the establishproxyconnection function in socket.c that allows netwo...

RHEL 10 : rsync (RHSA-2026:19152)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:19152 advisory. The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync onl...

ALSA-2026:19152 Important: rsync security update

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool. Security Fixes:...

AlmaLinux 8 : rsync (ALSA-2026:17481)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:17481 advisory. rsync: Rsync: Use-after-free vulnerability in extended attribute handling CVE-2026-41035 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

Fedora 44 : rsync (2026-75599531db)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-75599531db advisory. Fixing various bugs from Upstream. I did not do a rebase since the Upstream stopped supporting the rsync-patches repo. I accepted this change in Rawhide but ...

RockyLinux 8 : rsync (RLSA-2026:17481)

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:17481 advisory. rsync: Rsync: Use-after-free vulnerability in extended attribute handling CVE-2026-41035 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

rsync: Rsync: Use-after-free vulnerability in extended attribute handling

A flaw was found in rsync. When rsync is configured to handle extended attributes using the -X or --xattrs option, a remote attacker can exploit a use-after-free vulnerability. This occurs because the receivexattr function incorrectly processes an untrusted length value during a sorting operation...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: rsync security update

An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

RHEL 8 : rsync (RHSA-2026:17481)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:17481 advisory. The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only...

CentOS 9 : rsync-3.2.5-7.el9

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the rsync-3.2.5-7.el9 build changelog. - A flaw was found in rsync. It could allow a server to enumerate the contents of an arbitrary file from the client's machine. This issue occurs when...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: updated RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers container images

Updated RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers container images are now available The RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers container images have been updated to address the following security advisory: RHSA-2026:11077 RHSA-2026:7667 RHSA-2026:8534 RHSA-2026:9745 see References Security Fixes: rsync:...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2026-33478

WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions up to and including 26.0, multiple vulnerabilities in AVideo's CloneSite plugin chain together to allow a completely unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution. The clones.json.php endpoint exposes clone secret keys without...

TencentOS Server 3: rsync (TSSA-2026:0253)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2026:0253 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:...

Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0071: rsync (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0071)

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2026:0071 advisory. Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-10158: A malicious client acting as the...

EUVD-2026-23215

In rsync 3.0.1 through 3.4.1, receivexattr relies on an untrusted length value during a qsort call, leading to a receiver use-after-free. The victim must run rsync with -X aka --xattrs. On Linux, many but not all common configurations are vulnerable. Non-Linux platforms are more widely vulnerable...