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● CVE — High

CVE-2026-29518

VendorsambaProductrsyncDiscoveredMay 20, 2026UpdatedAug 19, 2026

Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in daemon file handling that allows attackers to redirect file writes outside intended directories by replacing parent directory components with symbolic links. Attackers with write access to a module path can exploit this race condition to create or overwrite arbitrary files, potentially modifying sensitive system files and achieving privilege escalation when the daemon runs with elevated privileges. This vulnerability can only be triggered if the chroot setting is false.

CVSS v3.1
7 HIGH
EPSS
0.15%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
4
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 26, 2026
● 0.00pp
0.15% → 0.15% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
6 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8283-1: rsync vulnerabilities
May 20, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Aug 19, 2026
Jun 1, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8349-1: rsync vulnerabilities
Jun 8, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8349-2: rsync regression
Jun 16, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8349-3: rsync regression