Symlink Attack Affecting rsync package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-RSYNC-19427435
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-53785  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (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 make_path function when handling relative paths with symlink components in --relative mode. An attacker can write files outside the intended destination directory by crafting malicious relative paths containing symlinks that point outside the destination tree.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1