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Echo: rsync: security update to 3.5.0+ds1-1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462896

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - rsync 3.0.1 before 3.5.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the read_args() function that
 allows a malicious sender to corrupt adjacent heap memory by sending a crafted argument list. When the
 argument count causes the argv allocation to be exactly full, the trailing NULL terminator is written one
 slot beyond the allocation boundary, corrupting adjacent heap memory. (CVE-2026-70456)

Solution

Update the rsync library and its related packages to version 3.5.0+ds1-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-70456

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462896

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70456

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-70456

IAVA: 2026-A-0906