CVE-2026-43619

Medium

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'.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductSamba Rsync
PublishedMay 20, 2026
First seenMay 20, 2026

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
samba rsyncv ≤ 3.4.2—

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