2.1
Low
CVE-2026-45232 Rsync < 3.4.3 Off-by-One Stack Write via HTTP Proxy
Description
Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain an off-by-one out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in the establish_proxy_connection() function in socket.c that allows network attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending a malformed HTTP proxy response. Attackers can exploit this by positioning themselves between the client and proxy or controlling the proxy server to send a response line of 1023 or more bytes without a newline terminator, causing a null byte to be written to an out-of-bounds stack address when the RSYNC_PROXY environment variable is set.
CVSS 4.0 detail
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitable remotely over the network, without an account and if a user takes an action; the impact on data or service is limited.
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- Active
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
- Confidentiality of other systems
- None
- Integrity of other systems
- None
- Availability of other systems
- None
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rsync 3.4 | earliest → < 3.4.3 | 3.4.3 |
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