CVE-2026-45232CWE-193

Rsync < 3.4.3 Off-by-One Stack Write via HTTP Proxy

Low · published May 20, 2026

CVSS v4.0
2.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain an off-by-one out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in the establish_proxy_connection() function in socket.c that allows network attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending a malformed HTTP proxy response. Attackers can exploit this by positioning themselves between the client and proxy or controlling the proxy server to send a response line of 1023 or more bytes without a newline terminator, causing a null byte to be written to an out-of-bounds stack address when the RSYNC_PROXY environment variable is set.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
2.1 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00347 · 27.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-193 · Off-by-one Error
Published
2026-05-20T00:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 00:45Z
    Rsync < 3.4.3 Off-by-One Stack Write via HTTP Proxy
    cvelistv5