CVE-2026-43619

NameCVE-2026-43619
DescriptionRsync versionĀ 3.4.2 and prior contain symlink race condition vulnerabilities in path-based system calls including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat that allow local attackers to redirect operations to files outside the exported rsync module. Attackers with local filesystem access can exploit the timing window between path resolution and syscall execution by swapping symlinks to apply sender-supplied permissions, ownership, timestamps, or filenames to arbitrary files outside the intended module boundary on rsync daemons configured with 'use chroot = no'.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4591-1, DSA-6282-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rsync (PTS)bullseye3.2.3-4+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)3.2.3-4+deb11u4fixed
bookworm3.2.7-1+deb12u4vulnerable
bookworm (security)3.2.7-1+deb12u5fixed
trixie3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u2vulnerable
trixie (security)3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u3fixed
forky3.4.2+ds1-2vulnerable
sid3.4.3+ds1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rsyncsourcebullseye3.2.3-4+deb11u4DLA-4591-1
rsyncsourcebookworm3.2.7-1+deb12u5DSA-6282-1
rsyncsourcetrixie3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u3DSA-6282-1
rsyncsource(unstable)3.4.3+ds1-1

Notes

https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.4.3
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/20/6

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