CVE-2026-43619

MEDIUM

Rsync < 3.4.3 Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain symlink race condition vulnerabilities in path-based system calls including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat that allow local attackers to redirect operations to files outside the exported rsync module. Attackers with local filesystem access can exploit the timing window between path resolution and syscall execution by swapping symlinks to apply sender-supplied permissions, ownership, timestamps, or filenames to arbitrary files outside the intended module boundary on rsync daemons configured with 'use chroot = no'.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-367 CWE-59
Status published
Products (2)
RsyncProject/rsync < 3.4.3
samba/rsync < 3.4.2
Published May 20, 2026
Tracked Since May 20, 2026