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CVE-2026-53800
medium 5.7
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation access to cause arbitrary file deletion. Attackers can atomically substitute a symlink for a source file between transfer completion and the unlink() call, causing rsync to delete the symlink target rather than the intended source file.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | medium 5.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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 4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
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-v3vw-pvpg-chwhVendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-symlink-race-condition-via-remove-source-filesRelease NotesThird Party Advisory