Symlink Attack Affecting rsync package, versions [0,]
Threat Intelligence
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- published22 Jul 2026
- disclosed20 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 20 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-44509 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the chmod, chown, or similar path-based system calls. An attacker can modify permissions, ownership, or timestamps of files outside the intended directory by exploiting symlink races. This is only exploitable if the rsync daemon is configured with "use chroot = no" and the attacker has local filesystem access.