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Medium 4.3Published Nov 18, 2025

CVE-2025-10158Rsync: Out of bounds array access via negative index

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects rsync. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A malicious client acting as the receiver of an rsync file transfer can trigger an out of bounds read of a heap based buffer, via a negative array index. The malicious rsync client requires at least read access to the remote rsync module in order to trigger the issue.

CVSS
4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-129
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
rapid7
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Nov 19, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
rsync rsync
rsync:rsync (from the name)
through 3.4.1
CNA record

References

  • patch
  • technical-description

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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