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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.7 Medium

CVE-2026-53797

rsync < 3.5.0 Symlink Race Condition Information Disclosure

Description

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the sender's source tree traversal that allows an attacker who can manipulate a parent directory of the source tree to redirect file reads to unintended paths. Attackers can atomically replace a parent directory component with a symlink pointing outside the source root between path resolution and file open operations to disclose file contents outside the intended transfer root.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

RsyncProject rsync

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 3.4.4affected
  • 3.5.0unaffected
pkg:github/RsyncProject/rsync

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