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CVE-2026-70461 json

rsync 3.2.5 < 3.5.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via files-from Entry

published 2mo ago modified 18d ago also EUVD-2026-58043 , GHSA-jhxm-j4mq-3fj4

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository RsyncProject/rsync. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

rsync 3.2.5 before 3.5.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to write one attacker-controlled byte past the end of a heap allocation by supplying a crafted files-from entry. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability against a read-only rsync daemon module by providing a files-from entry containing both an interior and trailing backslash, causing the add_implied_include() function to under-count the trailing backslash when sizing the destination buffer.

Patch / fix

  • RsyncProject rsync 3.5.0
  • rsync Debian 12 3.5.0+ds1-0+deb12u1
  • rsync Debian 13 3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1
  • rsync Debian 14 3.5.0+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-70461

  • rsync RHEL 8 3.1.3-28.el8_10
  • rsync-daemon RHEL 8 3.1.3-28.el8_10
  • rsync RHEL 10.2 3.5.0-3.el10_2
  • rsync-daemon RHEL 10.2 3.5.0-3.el10_2
  • rsync-rrsync RHEL 10.2 3.5.0-3.el10_2
  • rsync RHEL 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8
  • rsync-daemon RHEL 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8
  • rsync-rrsync RHEL 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:74095RHSA-2026:67463RHSA-2026:67462

  • rsync SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 3.4.1-160000.6.1
  • rsync Linux Micro 6.0 3.2.7-8.1
  • rsync Linux Micro 6.1 3.3.0-slfo.1.1_7.1
  • rsync SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1
  • rsync SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +8 more 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23289-1SUSE-SU-2026:23323-1SUSE-SU-2026:23253-1SUSE-SU-2026:23254-1SUSE-SU-2026:3657-1SUSE-SU-2026:3634-1

  • rsync openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.5.1-1.1
  • rsync openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.4.1-160000.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11869-1openSUSE-SU-2026:21650-1

  • rsync AlmaLinux 8 3.1.3-28.el8_10
  • rsync-daemon AlmaLinux 8 3.1.3-28.el8_10
  • rsync AlmaLinux 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8
  • rsync-daemon AlmaLinux 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8
  • rsync-rrsync AlmaLinux 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8
  • rsync AlmaLinux 10 3.5.0-3.el10_2
  • rsync-daemon AlmaLinux 10 3.5.0-3.el10_2
  • rsync-rrsync AlmaLinux 10 3.5.0-3.el10_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:74095ALSA-2026:67462ALSA-2026:67463

  • rsync Rocky Linux 8 3.1.3-28.el8_10
  • rsync Rocky Linux 9 3.2.7-1.el9_8
  • rsync Rocky Linux 10 3.5.0-3.el10_2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:74095RLSA-2026:67462RLSA-2026:67463

  • rsync Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 3.5.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-70461

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • rsync Azure Linux 3.0 3.5.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-95765

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-70461 updated cvss 8.2

rsync: rsync: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted files-from entry

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 rsync Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.”
  • Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1 costmanagement/costmanagement-ui-rhel10 1791460851
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:79357
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rsync-daemon 3.2.7-1.el9_8, rsync-rrsync 3.2.7-1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:67462
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rsync-daemon 3.5.0-3.el10_2, rsync-rrsync 3.5.0-3.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:67463
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) rsync 3.1.3-28.el8_10, rsync-daemon 3.1.3-28.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:74095
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) rsync 3.2.7-1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:67462
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) rsync 3.5.0-3.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:67463
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 rhcos 4.22.9.8.202609221802
    fixed: vendor fix “Restrict access to the rsync daemon (TCP 873) to trusted hosts with firewall rules. If the daemon is unused, disable and stop rsyncd.service.” RHSA-2026:71446
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rsync
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CNA 4.0 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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

Affected products

  • RsyncProject rsync

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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The maintainers of RsyncProject/rsync published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.