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rsync security update

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

Rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. It uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand. Security Fix(es): 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'.(CVE-2026-43619) rsync before 3.5.0 contains a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the rrsync restricted shell wrapper that allows authenticated clients to escape enforced directory restrictions by substituting a symlink for a path component after validation but before transfer processing. Attackers can additionally leverage unrestricted flags such as --copy-unsafe-links, -D, and --log-file through rrsync to read or write files outside the permitted directory subtree.(CVE-

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OESA-2026-4072

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Security context

Source reference: osv:OESA-2026-4072

rsync

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "rsync",
      "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/rsync&distro=openEuler-24.03-LTS-SP4",
      "ecosystem": "openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP4"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://repo.openeuler.org/security/data/osv/OESA-2026-4072.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "src": [
        "rsync-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.src.rpm"
      ],
      "x86_64": [
        "rsync-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm",
        "rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm",
        "rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm",
        "rsync-help-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm"
      ],
      "aarch64": [
        "rsync-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm",
        "rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm",
        "rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm",
        "rsync-help-3.2.7-12.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm"
      ]
    }
  }
]

Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /database_specific/severity

Event
#14728 · Revision 1
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