Out-of-bounds Write Affecting rsync package, versions [3.0.1,3.5.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RSYNC-19427381
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-70456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade rsync to version 3.5.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via the read_args function. An attacker can corrupt adjacent heap memory by sending a crafted argument list that causes the allocation for arguments to be exactly full, resulting in a write of a NULL terminator one slot beyond the allocated boundary.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1