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Medium 6.3Published May 19, 2026

CVE-2026-43619Rsync < 3.4.3 Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects RsyncProject rsync and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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'.

CVSS
6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-367, CWE-59
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
VulnCheck
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
RsyncProject rsync
rsyncproject:rsync (from the name)
before 3.4.3
CNA record
samba rsync
samba:rsync
through 3.4.2
NVD

References

References

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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