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ALPINE-CVE-2026-53799

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to cause rsync to apply arbitrary ACLs or extended attr...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to cause rsync to apply arbitrary ACLs or extended attributes to unintended files by substituting a symlink at a predictable destination path between the file write and the subsequent acl_set_file() or lsetxattr() call. Attackers can exploit this timing window to redirect ACL and xattr application through a crafted symlink to files outside the intended destination tree, potentially granting elevated permissions and enabling local privilege escalation.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21 rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.22 rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.23 rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0-r0"}]}]
Alpine:v3.24 rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0-r0"}]}]

References

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