Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-53789
* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary file deletion via malicious file list - debian/patches/CVE-2026-53789.patch: keep synthetic and legacy implied parent directories non-content in exclude.c, flist.c so a malicious sender cannot forge the transfer-root entry as a content directory and expand a scoped --delete beyond the requested path; additionally reject a non-directory transfer-root entry in flist.c so a forged "." file entry cannot be used with --force to recursively wipe the destination - CVE-2026-53789
- Products
- rsync
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.1.3-8ubuntu0.9+tuxcare.els5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-53789
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 10:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary file deletion via malicious file list - debian/patches/CVE-2026-53789.patch: keep synthetic and legacy implied parent directories non-content in exclude.c, flist.c so a malicious sender cannot forge the transfer-root entry as a content directory and expand a scoped --delete beyond the requested path; additionally reject a non-directory transfer-root entry in flist.c so a forged "." file entry cannot be used with --force to recursively wipe the destination - CVE-2026-53789
osv:CLSA-2026-1788531150
rsync
Fixed versions: 3.1.3-8ubuntu0.9+tuxcare.els5
Complete source record
{
"id": "e7121f0310452f68dafc7885636222411fba68b67c165663fd51906f8873c9e9",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1788531150",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-53789",
"summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary file deletion via malicious file list - debian/patches/CVE-2026-53789.patch: keep synthetic and legacy implied parent directories non-content in exclude.c, flist.c so a malicious sender cannot forge the transfer-root entry as a content directory and expand a scoped --delete beyond the requested path; additionally reject a non-directory transfer-root entry in flist.c so a forged \".\" file entry cannot be used with --force to recursively wipe the destination - CVE-2026-53789",
"evidence": "osv:CLSA-2026-1788531150",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "rsync",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "3.1.3-8ubuntu0.9+tuxcare.els5",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "unknown",
"structured": {
"id": "CLSA-2026-1788531150",
"aliases": [
"CLSA-2026-1788531150"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.1.3-8ubuntu0.9+tuxcare.els5"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "rsync",
"purl": "pkg:deb/tuxcare/rsync?distro=ubuntu-20.04",
"ecosystem": "TuxCare:Ubuntu:20.04"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/cloudlinux/tuxcare-osv/tree/main/data/els_os/ubuntu20.04els/CLSA-2026-1788531150.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-26T09:31:40.158746374Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2026-53789"
],
"references": [
"https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/ubuntu20.04els/CLSA-2026-1788531150.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53789"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2026-53789",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 448033,
"published_at": "2026-09-04T14:12:40+00:00"
}