CVE-2026-53799

NameCVE-2026-53799
Descriptionrsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to cause rsync to apply arbitrary ACLs or extended attributes to unintended files by substituting a symlink at a predictable destination path between the file write and the subsequent acl_set_file() or lsetxattr() call. Attackers can exploit this timing window to redirect ACL and xattr application through a crafted symlink to files outside the intended destination tree, potentially granting elevated permissions and enabling local privilege escalation.
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)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rsync (PTS)bookworm3.2.7-1+deb12u6vulnerable
bookworm (security)3.2.7-1+deb12u5vulnerable
trixie3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u4vulnerable
trixie (security)3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u3vulnerable
forky, sid3.5.0+ds1-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rsyncsource(unstable)3.5.0+ds1-1

Notes

https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.5.0

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