Path traversal in Rsync - CVE-2024-12088

Vulnerability identifier: #VU102736

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12088

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Samba

Affected software:
Rsync

The vulnerability allows a remote server to write files to arbitrary locations on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when using "--safe-links" option. A remote attacker can can trick the victim into connecting to a rouge rsync server and write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the client system.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q1/16