Description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync. It stems from behavior enabled by the `--inc-recursive` option, a default-enabled option for many client options and can be enabled by the server even if not explicitly enabled by the client. When using the `--inc-recursive` option, a lack of proper symlink verification coupled with deduplication checks occurring on a per-file-list basis could allow a server to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory. A malicious server could write malicious files to arbitrary locations named after valid directories/paths on the client.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Affected products
- almalinux / almalinux10.0 – 10.0
- almalinux / almalinux8.0 – 8.0
- almalinux / almalinux9.0 – 9.0
- archlinux / arch_linux
- gentoo / linux
- NixOS / nixos24.11
- RedHat / enterprise_linux9.0 – 9.0
- RedHat / enterprise_linux8.0 – 8.0
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_eus9.6 – 9.6
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_arm_649.0_aarch64 – 9.0_aarch64
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_arm_648.0_aarch64 – 8.0_aarch64
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus9.6_aarch64 – 9.6_aarch64
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems8.0_s390x – 8.0_s390x
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems9.0_s390x – 9.0_s390x
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus9.6_s390x – 9.6_s390x
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian9.0_ppc64le – 9.0_ppc64le
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian8.0_ppc64le – 8.0_ppc64le
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus9.6_ppc64le – 9.6_ppc64le
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_server_aus9.6 – 9.6
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions9.6_ppc64le – 9.6_ppc64le
- RedHat / enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions9.6 – 9.6
- Samba / rsync3.3.0
- SUSE / suse_linux
- tritondatacenter / smartos20250123
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23154
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23235
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23407
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23415
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23416
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23842
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23853
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23854
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23858
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2600
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7050
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8385
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12087
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330672
- MISChttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
Updated 22m ago · 8 sources