Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Nov 6, 2026
CVE-2026-53792
CVE-2026-53792
Description
rsync before 3.5.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the sender-side block matching logic that allows a malicious receiver to trigger memory access before the start of an allocated buffer by sending a crafted checksum block with a length of zero. Attackers can send a specially crafted checksum set containing a zero-length block to cause a negative offset calculation during delta computation, resulting in an out-of-bounds read of file data buffer memory on the sender side.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/rsync&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/rsync&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 3.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.1-160000.6.1
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References
3- github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-cg57-rp9g-56hwnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-out-of-bounds-read-via-zero-length-checksum-blocknvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0nvdRelease Notes
News mentions
1- Rsync: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together, Affecting Versions Before 3.5.0Vypr Intelligence · Aug 13, 2026