CVE-2026-53797CWE-367CWE-59

CVE-2026-53797

Medium · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the sender's source tree traversal that allows an attacker who can manipulate a parent directory of the source tree to redirect file reads to unintended paths. Attackers can atomically replace a parent directory component with a symlink pointing outside the source root between path resolution and file open operations to disclose file contents outside the intended transfer root.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00143 · 3.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition; CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-08-13T19:19Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
samba/rsync< 3.5.03.5.0
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 14:40Z
    rsync < 3.5.0 Symlink Race Condition Information Disclosure
    cvelistv5