Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: rsync (UTSA-2026-130127)

high Nessus Plugin ID 365864

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-130127 advisory.

rsync before 3.5.0contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows remote clients to access files outside the intended module root when use chroot is disabled and the module root path or a component of it is a symlink. The daemon calls chdir() to the module root at session initialization without resolving symlinks via realpath() or equivalent, causing subsequent relative-path operations to reference files relative to the symlink target rather than the intended module root, enabling unauthorized file access.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected rsync package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53784

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?106cc1b1

http://www.nessus.org/u?74819d42

http://www.nessus.org/u?a97b8834

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 365864

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-130127.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/14/2026

Updated: 10/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53784