rsync before 3.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows a malicious sender to write files outside the intended destination directory tree by crafting relative paths with symlink components in --relative mode. The make_path() function follows symlinks pointing outside the destination tree while creating intermediate directories without verifying that created paths remain within the destination boundary, enabling arbitrary file writes on the receiver's filesystem.
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| Description | rsync before 3.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows a malicious sender to write files outside the intended destination directory tree by crafting relative paths with symlink components in --relative mode. The make_path() function follows symlinks pointing outside the destination tree while creating intermediate directories without verifying that created paths remain within the destination boundary, enabling arbitrary file writes on the receiver's filesystem. | |
| Title | rsync < 3.5.0 Path Traversal Write Escape via --relative Mode | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-13T15:28:18.091Z
Reserved: 2026-06-10T20:14:32.826Z
Link: CVE-2026-53785
Updated: 2026-08-13T15:28:10.534Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-13T15:19:42.403
Modified: 2026-08-13T16:18:06.600
Link: CVE-2026-53785
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Updated: 2026-08-13T16:30:03Z