Out-of-bounds Read Affecting rsync package, versions [,3.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RSYNC-18189953
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed20 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-44510  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade rsync to version 3.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the recv_files function. An attacker can cause a client crash by sending specially crafted protocol data from a malicious server, leading the receiver to perform an out-of-bounds read and dereference invalid memory.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1