An issue was discovered in rsync before 3.2.5 that allows malicious remote servers to write arbitrary files inside the directories of connecting peers. The server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the rsync client performs insufficient validation of file names. A malicious rsync server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the rsync client target directory and subdirectories (for example, overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.4
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade rsync | Sep 1, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade rsync | Aug 22, 2024 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade rsync | Nov 10, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade rsync-debugsourceUpgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade rsync | Feb 17, 2025 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade rsyncUpgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade rsync-debugsource | Aug 26, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade rsync | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023173 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rsync | Nov 4, 2022 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/rsync. | May 10, 2024 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade rsync | Nov 3, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade rsync | Oct 11, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade rsyncUpgrade rsync-daemon | Oct 11, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade rsync | Nov 15, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Sep 4, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade rsyncUpgrade rsync-daemon | Aug 25, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade rsync-debugsourceUpgrade rsync-daemonNo solution existsUpgrade rsync | Aug 26, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade rsyncUpgrade rsync-debugsourceUpgrade rsync-debuginfo | Sep 2, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade rsync | Oct 26, 2022 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade rsync | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 2, 2022 |
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