CVE-2026-43619

Rsync < 3.4.3 Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls

State
Published
Severity
7.2 High
Published
May 20, 2026
Updated
Jul 14, 2026
Reserved
May 1, 2026

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Description

Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain symlink race condition vulnerabilities in path-based system calls including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat that allow local attackers to redirect operations to files outside the exported rsync module. Attackers with local filesystem access can exploit the timing window between path resolution and syscall execution by swapping symlinks to apply sender-supplied permissions, ownership, timestamps, or filenames to arbitrary files outside the intended module boundary on rsync daemons configured with 'use chroot = no'.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.16.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rsyncRsyncProject
  • before 3.4.3Affected

References

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