PT-2026-71628
CVE-2026-53790
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Published
2026-08-13
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Updated
2026-10-08
Description by
CVSS 4.0
9.2
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
rsync versions prior to 3.5.0
Description
Multiple command and argument injection issues allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by providing malicious input through various code paths. These paths include the
RSYNC CONNECT PROG environment variable, daemon hooks, the rsync-ssl wrapper, and remote-shell command newline injection. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters or newline characters into unsanitized user-supplied values, such as hostnames and hostspecs, to execute commands with the privileges of the rsync process or the invoking user.Recommendations
Update to version 3.5.0 or later.
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