CVE-2026-53786

medium

Description

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a filter rule bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated clients to override module-level filter restrictions by supplying malicious --filter merge file directives. Attackers can inject client-side merge file directives during filter evaluation to introduce rules that supersede daemon module-level restrictions, gaining access to files the module filter was intended to exclude.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-filter-rule-bypass-via-filter-merge-directive

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-mrc3-6cwx-hch6

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-13

Updated: 2026-08-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00272