Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting rsync package, versions <3.2.7-150600.3.21.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-RSYNC-16795459
  • published22 May 2026
  • disclosed21 May 2026

Introduced: 21 May 2026

CVE-2026-29518  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 rsync to version 3.2.7-150600.3.21.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rsync package and not the rsync package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in daemon file handling that allows attackers to redirect file writes outside intended directories by replacing parent directory components with symbolic links. Attackers with write access to a module path can exploit this race condition to create or overwrite arbitrary files, potentially modifying sensitive system files and achieving privilege escalation when the daemon runs with elevated privileges. This vulnerability can only be triggered if the chroot setting is false.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1