Symlink Attack Affecting rsync package, versions [0,]
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published29 Aug 2026
- disclosed13 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 13 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-53799 (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 process of applying ACLs or extended attributes. An attacker can modify file permissions or attributes of unintended files by exploiting a timing window to substitute a symlink at a predictable destination path between the file write and the subsequent acl_set_file or lsetxattr call.