CVE-2026-53797

CVE-2026-53797CVE-2026-53797

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 4.7 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Last modified2026-08-13
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.