CVE-2026-43619CWE-367CWE-59

Rsync < 3.4.3 Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls

High · published May 20, 2026

CVSS v4.0
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Rsync version 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'.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00127 · 2.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition; CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-05-20T00:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 00:49Z
    Rsync < 3.4.3 Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls
    cvelistv5