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CVE-2026-53783

HIGH CVSS: 8.1 Published: 2026-08-13 Modified: 2026-08-14

Description

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the rrsync restricted shell wrapper that allows authenticated clients to escape enforced directory restrictions by substituting a symlink for a path component after validation but before transfer processing. Attackers can additionally leverage unrestricted flags such as --copy-unsafe-links, -D, and --log-file through rrsync to read or write files outside the permitted directory subtree.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-59, CWE-88

References