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CVE-2026-53798
medium 6.9
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a privilege confusion vulnerability in the name-converter subprocess uid/gid mapping that allows local attackers to cause transferred files to be owned by root by influencing name-converter responses to return empty values. When the name-converter subprocess returns an empty response for a uid or gid lookup, rsync incorrectly interprets it as a successful resolution to uid/gid 0 (root) rather than a lookup failure, and if the name-converter also signals fake super-user status, rsync proceeds with root ownership assignments for transferred files.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
- Weakness
- CWE-704
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | medium 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
disclosure@vulncheck.comSecondary |
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
disclosure@vulncheck.comSecondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- samba · rsync
References
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0ProductRelease Notes
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-hx7p-3gvv-pqgvVendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-privilege-confusion-via-name-converter-uid-gid-mappingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory