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rsync: Fix of 3 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2026-53784: daemon module-root chdir escape under `use chroot = no` because change_dir() reached the module path with a plain chdir(), which followed a planted parent-component symlink and served files from outside the module; the module-root chdir now resolves through an ownership-checked O_NOFOLLOW path walk - CVE-2026-53802: arbitrary file read via symlinked operator-supplied input paths because --filter merge files (including per-directory merges and -C .cvsignore), --files-from/--include-from/--exclude-from and the --password-file / daemon secrets file were opened by path, letting a planted symlink feed an arbitrary file to the filter parser or the authentication response; these now use the same ownership-checked path walk - CVE-2026-53803: arbitrary file write via symlinked operator-supplied output paths because --log-file, --write-batch/--read-batch and the daemon motd, lock and --config opens resolved by path, letting a planted symlink redirect a privileged write; these now use the same ownership-checked path walk, and --read-batch additionally requires a regular file or a FIFO - Note: the ownership-checked path walk opens each intermediate directory for reading, where plain path resolution needed only search permission, so an operator path under a search-only (e.g. 0711) ancestor that the caller cannot read is now refused: --log-file falls back to syslog with a warning and --exclude-from fails. This matches upstream behaviour.

Products
rsync, rsync-daemon
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.1.3-12.el8_4.tuxcare.els13
CVEs
CVE-2026-53784, CVE-2026-53802, CVE-2026-53803
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

rsync: Fix of 3 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2026, 12:21 UTC

- CVE-2026-53784: daemon module-root chdir escape under `use chroot = no` because change_dir() reached the module path with a plain chdir(), which followed a planted parent-component symlink and served files from outside the module; the module-root chdir now resolves through an ownership-checked O_NOFOLLOW path walk - CVE-2026-53802: arbitrary file read via symlinked operator-supplied input paths because --filter merge files (including per-directory merges and -C .cvsignore), --files-from/--include-from/--exclude-from and the --password-file / daemon secrets file were opened by path, letting a planted symlink feed an arbitrary file to the filter parser or the authentication response; these now use the same ownership-checked path walk - CVE-2026-53803: arbitrary file write via symlinked operator-supplied output paths because --log-file, --write-batch/--read-batch and the daemon motd, lock and --config opens resolved by path, letting a planted symlink redirect a privileged write; these now use the same ownership-checked path walk, and --read-batch additionally requires a regular file or a FIFO - Note: the ownership-checked path walk opens each intermediate directory for reading, where plain path resolution needed only search permission, so an operator path under a search-only (e.g. 0711) ancestor that the caller cannot read is now refused: --log-file falls back to syslog with a warning and --exclude-from fails. This matches upstream behaviour.

osv:CLSA-2026-1788956505

rsync

Fixed versions: 3.1.3-12.el8_4.tuxcare.els13

rsync-daemon

Fixed versions: 3.1.3-12.el8_4.tuxcare.els13

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1788956505",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "rsync: Fix of 3 CVEs",
    "summary": "- CVE-2026-53784: daemon module-root chdir escape under `use chroot = no` because change_dir() reached the module path with a plain chdir(), which followed a planted parent-component symlink and served files from outside the module; the module-root chdir now resolves through an ownership-checked O_NOFOLLOW path walk - CVE-2026-53802: arbitrary file read via symlinked operator-supplied input paths because --filter merge files (including per-directory merges and -C .cvsignore), --files-from/--include-from/--exclude-from and the --password-file / daemon secrets file were opened by path, letting a planted symlink feed an arbitrary file to the filter parser or the authentication response; these now use the same ownership-checked path walk - CVE-2026-53803: arbitrary file write via symlinked operator-supplied output paths because --log-file, --write-batch/--read-batch and the daemon motd, lock and --config opens resolved by path, letting a planted symlink redirect a privileged write; these now use the same ownership-checked path walk, and --read-batch additionally requires a regular file or a FIFO - Note: the ownership-checked path walk opens each intermediate directory for reading, where plain path resolution needed only search permission, so an operator path under a search-only (e.g. 0711) ancestor that the caller cannot read is now refused: --log-file falls back to syslog with a warning and --exclude-from fails. This matches upstream behaviour.",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53802",
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      },
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 448625,
  "published_at": "2026-09-09T12:21:57+00:00"
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