CVE-2026-43619

high

Description

Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain symlink race condition vulnerabilities in path-based system calls including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat that allow local attackers to redirect operations to files outside the exported rsync module. Attackers with local filesystem access can exploit the timing window between path resolution and syscall execution by swapping symlinks to apply sender-supplied permissions, ownership, timestamps, or filenames to arbitrary files outside the intended module boundary on rsync daemons configured with 'use chroot = no'.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-symlink-race-condition-via-path-based-syscalls

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-4h9m-w5ff-j735

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.4.3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-20

Updated: 2026-05-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High