CVE-2026-53784CWE-59

CVE-2026-53784

High · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows remote clients to access files outside the intended module root when use chroot is disabled and the module root path or a component of it is a symlink. The daemon calls chdir() to the module root at session initialization without resolving symlinks via realpath() or equivalent, causing subsequent relative-path operations to reference files relative to the symlink target rather than the intended module root, enabling unauthorized file access.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00238 · 14.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-08-13T19:19Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
samba/rsync< 3.5.03.5.0
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 14:34Z
    rsync < 3.5.0 Path Traversal via Symlink Module Root
    cvelistv5