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CVE-2026-53797

rsync < 3.5.0 Symlink Race Condition Information Disclosure PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the sender's source tree traversal that allows an attacker who can manipulate a parent directory of the source tree to redirect file reads to unintended paths. Attackers can atomically replace a parent directory component with a symlink pointing outside the source root between path resolution and file open operations to disclose file contents outside the intended transfer root.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
RsyncProject / rsyncaffected 0 through 3.4.4; unaffected 3.5.0

CWE

CWE-59, CWE-367

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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