Medium

Rsync: race condition in rsync handling symbolic links

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A flaw was found in rsync. This vulnerability arises from a race condition during rsync's handling of symbolic links. Rsync's default behavior when encountering symbolic links is to skip them. If an attacker replaced a regular file with a symbolic link at the right time, it was possible to bypass the default behavior and traverse symbolic links. Depending on the privileges of the rsync process, an attacker could leak sensitive information, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Announced 14 Jan 2025Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2024-12747

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2024-12747

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
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Red Hat Discovery 1.14

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-12747
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #49432 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:49:53 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:39:16 GMT

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Revision history

25 Oct 2026CVE-2024-12747 · Revision 1Source updated