{"attribution":"This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","cve":{"id":"CVE-2026-70455","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","published":"2026-08-13T15:19:59.197","lastModified":"2026-10-24T16:10:00.153","vulnStatus":"Analyzed","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"rsync 3.4.2 before 3.5.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows a remote sender to exhaust system resources by specifying the --zt short alias for --compress-threads, which bypasses the refuse options directive's string matching on long option names. Attackers can specify --zt=N with a large value to spawn an unbounded number of Zstandard worker threads on the receiver, exhausting available thread and memory resources."},{"lang":"es","value":"rsync 3.4.2 anterior a 3.5.0 contiene una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio que permite a un remitente remoto agotar los recursos del sistema al especificar el alias corto --zt para --compress-threads, lo que elude la coincidencia de cadenas de la directiva refuse options en nombres de opciones largos. Los atacantes pueden especificar --zt=N con un valor grande para generar un número ilimitado de hilos de trabajo Zstandard en el receptor, agotando los recursos de hilos y memoria disponibles."}],"affected":[{"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","affectedData":[{"vendor":"RsyncProject","product":"rsync","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync","packageURL":"pkg:github/RsyncProject/rsync","versions":[{"version":"3.4.2","lessThanOrEqual":"3.4.4","versionType":"semver","status":"affected"},{"version":"3.5.0","versionType":"semver","status":"unaffected"}]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV40":[{"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"4.0","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","confidentialityRequirement":"NOT_DEFINED","integrityRequirement":"NOT_DEFINED","availabilityRequirement":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedAttackVector":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedAttackComplexity":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedAttackRequirements":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedPrivilegesRequired":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedUserInteraction":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedSubIntegrityImpact":"NOT_DEFINED","modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vulnerabilityResponseEffort":"NOT_DEFINED","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED"}}],"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":3.6}],"ssvcV203":[{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","ssvcData":{"timestamp":"2026-08-14T18:30:20.676739Z","id":"CVE-2026-70455","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","type":"Secondary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"CWE-770"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.4.2","versionEndExcluding":"3.5.0","matchCriteriaId":"7DB8B451-2711-4228-9FAD-B669B1C4A1F4"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","tags":["Product","Release Notes"]},{"url":"https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-rjvj-qgqg-cvx9","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-dos-via-zt-zstandard-compression-thread-exhaustion","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"]}]}}