RHSA-2026:74095 — Security Advisory

An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.

Security Fix(es):

• rsync: rsync 2.3.3 < 3.5.0 Path Traversal via --partial-dir/--backup-dir Symlink (CVE-2026-70460)

• rsync: rsync: Arbitrary file deletion via malicious file list (CVE-2026-53789)

• rsync: rsync < 3.5.0 Command Injection via Multiple Code Paths (CVE-2026-53790)

• rsync: rsync: Memory corruption via crafted file entries (CVE-2026-70458)

• rsync: rsync: Denial of Service via handshake stall (CVE-2026-70464)

• rsync: rsync: Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Following (CVE-2026-53803)

• rsync: rsync: Unauthorized File Access via Symlink Module Root (CVE-2026-53784)

• rsync: rsync: Authorization bypass via auth users directive parsing (CVE-2026-70463)

• rsync: rsync 3.1.0 < 3.5.0 Access Control Bypass via DNS Resolution Failure (CVE-2026-70452)

• rsync: rsync: Arbitrary file write via --temp-dir or --link-dest options (CVE-2026-53795)

• rsync: rsync: Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via crafted argument list (CVE-2026-70456)

• rsync: rsync < 3.5.0 Path Confinement Bypass via /./ Boundary Marker in Chroot Mode (CVE-2026-53793)

• rsync: rsync: Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity (CVE-2026-70453)

• rsync: rsync: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted files-from entry (CVE-2026-70461)

• rsync: rsync: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink Following (CVE-2026-53802)

• rsync: rsync: Arbitrary file write via path traversal in --relative mode (CVE-2026-53785)

• rsync: rsync: Directory escape via TOCTOU race condition in rrsync (CVE-2026-53783)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• Fix latest CVEs in rsync in RHEL8 (JIRA:RHEL-256903)

• rsync-3.1.3-27.el8_10 regression: rsync daemon rejects legitimate cross-device symlinks with EXDEV when use chroot = no (JIRA:RHEL-239553)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.