Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Affecting rsync package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-RSYNC-19427414
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-53794  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1284  (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 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input via the --max-alloc process. An attacker can exhaust system memory by setting --max-alloc=0, which disables allocation sanity checks and causes the receiver to attempt unbounded memory allocations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1