Link following in Rsync - CVE-2026-70460

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Link following in Rsync - CVE-2026-70460

Published: August 13, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU142274
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-70460
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read files or overwrite, rename, or unlink files outside the module root.

The vulnerability exists due to improper link resolution before file access in the rsync daemon module path resolver when processing peer-supplied --partial-dir or --backup-dir values that resolve through an in-module symlink. A remote attacker can supply a crafted directory value to read files or overwrite, rename, or unlink files outside the module root.

Exploitation requires a trusted in-module symlink owned by uid 0 or the daemon effective uid to already exist along the resolved path, and reach is limited to locations accessible through that symlink by the daemon effective uid.


Affected software

Rsync
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
rsync-debugsource
rsync-debuginfo
rsync
rsync-help
rsync (Debian package)
rsync (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-70460

Install security update from vendor's website.

Rsync - update to 3.5.0
rsync-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1, 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1
rsync-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1, 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1
rsync - addressed in versions 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1, 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1
rsync-help - update to 3.2.7-12
rsync-debugsource - update to 3.2.7-12
rsync-debuginfo - update to 3.2.7-12
rsync - update to 3.2.7-12
rsync (Debian package) - update to 3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1
rsync - addressed in versions 3.5.0-1.fc43, 3.5.0-1.fc44
rsync (Red Hat package) - update to 3.5.0-3.el10_2

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