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rsync — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-10158

A malicious client acting as the receiver of an rsync file transfer can trigger an out of bounds read of a heap based buffer, via a negative array index. The malicious rsync client requires at least read access to the remote rsync module in order to trigger the issue.

Products
rsync
Affected versions
3.2.7-1, 3.2.7-1+deb12u1, 3.2.7-1+deb12u2, 3.2.7-1+deb12u3, 3.4.1+ds1-5, 3.4.1+ds1-6
Fixed versions
3.2.7-1+deb12u4, 3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u1, 3.4.1+ds1-7
CVEs
CVE-2025-10158
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-10158

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Nov 2025, 15:16 UTC

A malicious client acting as the receiver of an rsync file transfer can trigger an out of bounds read of a heap based buffer, via a negative array index. The malicious rsync client requires at least read access to the remote rsync module in order to trigger the issue.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2025-10158

rsync

Fixed versions: 3.2.7-1+deb12u4

rsync

Fixed versions: 3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u1

rsync

Fixed versions: 3.4.1+ds1-7

Complete source record
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