Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2026· Updated May 21, 2026
CVE-2026-43619
CVE-2026-43619
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'.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/rsync&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/rsync&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/rsync&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 3.4.3-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.3-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.1-160000.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.1-160000.4.1
Patches
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References
3- github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-4h9m-w5ff-j735nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-symlink-race-condition-via-path-based-syscallsnvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.4.3nvdRelease Notes
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