5.7
Medium
CVE-2026-53797 rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the sender's source tree traversal that allows…
Description
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the sender's source tree traversal that allows an attacker who can manipulate a parent directory of the source tree to redirect file reads to unintended paths. Attackers can atomically replace a parent directory component with a symlink pointing outside the source root between path resolution and file open operations to disclose file contents outside the intended transfer root.
Affected products and versions
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