Link Following Affecting rsync-daemon package, versions <0:3.2.7-1.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-RSYNCDAEMON-19968824
  • published20 Sept 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-53795  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 rsync-daemon to version 0:3.2.7-1.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:67462.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rsync-daemon package and not the rsync-daemon package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

rsync before 3.5.0 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability that allows attackers to write files outside the intended destination tree by specifying an absolute path via --temp-dir or --link-dest options. The rename-confinement logic is bypassed when these options resolve to paths outside the destination tree, enabling attacker-controlled values to write files to arbitrary locations accessible to the rsync process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1