The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3634-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-53783: rrsync restricted-directory escape (validation-vs-exec race + unsafe option allowlist)     (bsc#1269041).
    - CVE-2026-53784: Daemon module-root chdir escape under 'use chroot = no' (bsc#1269042).
    - CVE-2026-53785: --relative implied-parent creation escapes the destination tree (bsc#1269043).
    - CVE-2026-53786: Daemon --filter merge file bypasses the module filter list (bsc#1269044).
    - CVE-2026-53788: Daemon name-converter accepts newline-bearing names into its line protocol     (bsc#1269046).
    - CVE-2026-53789: Malicious sender expands --delete scope by reclassifying an implied parent     (bsc#1269047).
    - CVE-2026-53790: Command / argument injection via unquoted peer- or host-controlled values (bsc#1269048).
    - CVE-2026-53791: PROXY-protocol mode lets a direct client spoof the daemon's source address     (bsc#1269049).
    - CVE-2026-53792: Receiver-supplied zero checksum block length drives sender matching negative     (bsc#1269050).
    - CVE-2026-53793: Chroot '/./' inner-module escape via a parent-component symlink (bsc#1269051).
    - CVE-2026-53794: Remote peer disables the per-allocation sanity cap via --max-alloc=0 (bsc#1269052).
    - CVE-2026-53795: Receiver write escape via an absolute --temp-dir / --link-dest disabling rename/link     confinement       (bsc#1269053).
    - CVE-2026-53796: Non-daemon receiver destination-chdir symlink race (TOCTOU) (bsc#1269054).
    - CVE-2026-53797: Sender source-tree parent-component symlink race -> out-of-tree disclosure     (bsc#1269055).
    - CVE-2026-53798: Daemon name-converter empty response maps an unknown name to uid/gid 0 (bsc#1269045).
    - CVE-2026-53799: Receiver ACL/xattr application follows a symlink-race -> arbitrary ACL set (local     privilege       escalation) (bsc#1269056).
    - CVE-2026-53800: Sender --remove-source-files unlink follows a parent-component symlink race -> arbitrary     file deletion       outside the source tree (bsc#1269057).
    - CVE-2026-53801: Sender/daemon directory-scan enumeration escapes the transfer root / module -> out-of-     tree disclosure       (bsc#1269058).
    - CVE-2026-53802: Arbitrary file read / transfer-shaping via symlinked operator-supplied input files     (bsc#1269039).
    - CVE-2026-53803: Arbitrary file write / privilege escalation via symlinked operator-supplied output paths       (bsc#1269040).
    - CVE-2026-70452: `hosts deny` fails OPEN when a configured hostname cannot be resolved, admitting the     host it was meant       to block (bsc#1273441).
    - CVE-2026-70453: Quadratic CPU exhaustion in hash_search() from a crafted equal-weak-checksum chain     (bsc#1273440).
    - CVE-2026-70454: rsync-ssl establishes an unauthenticated TLS connection (bsc#1273439).
    - CVE-2026-70455: Peer-controlled Zstandard worker exhaustion on an rsync daemon (bsc#1273438).
    - CVE-2026-70456: Remote out-of-bounds heap write in read_args() when the argument count lands exactly on     maxargs       (bsc#1273437).
    - CVE-2026-70457: Attacker-chosen-offset write in parse_size_arg() error formatting (bsc#1273436).
    - CVE-2026-70458: Out-of-bounds write from a FLAG_HLINKED file entry accepted without -H (bsc#1273435).
    - CVE-2026-70459: Per-connection daemon child crash from a crafted first incremental file list with a non-     directory       transfer root (bsc#1273434).
    - CVE-2026-70460: Daemon module-root escape through a peer-supplied --partial-dir / --backup-dir resolving     via an in-       module symlink (bsc#1273433).
    - CVE-2026-70461: Peer-driven one-byte heap out-of-bounds write in add_implied_include() (bsc#1273432).
    - CVE-2026-70462: Peer-supplied MSG_IO_TIMEOUT defeats the client's own I/O timeout (bsc#1273431).
    - CVE-2026-70463: 'auth users' ignores documented comma-only parsing, silently skipping a deny/read-only     rule       (bsc#1273430).
    - CVE-2026-70464: Unauthenticated pre-transfer handshake DoS locks out an rsync daemon module     (bsc#1273429).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : rsync (SUSE-SU-2026:3634-1)

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Version 1.3 Sep 1, 2026, 11:39 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.4) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.2) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2026-41035" to "CVE-2026-53789") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2026-70457") Plugin Feed: 202609011139
Version 1.2 Aug 29, 2026, 12:30 AM Plugin metadata (Add IAVM Info) Plugin Feed: 202608290030
Version 1.1 Aug 19, 2026, 11:27 AM New Plugin Feed: 202608191127