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CVE-2026-70458

HIGH CVSS: 8.2 Published: 2026-08-13 Modified: 2026-08-13

Description

rsync 3.0.0 before 3.5.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows attackers to corrupt memory by triggering HLINK_BUMP processing on file entries with the FLAG_HLINKED flag set while the hard-link preservation option is inactive. Attackers can exploit the missing F_SUM field in the file_struct layout to access memory past the end of the allocated structure, corrupting adjacent heap or stack data.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-787

References