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ALPINE-CVE-2026-53800
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation ac...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation access to cause arbitrary file deletion. Attackers can atomically substitute a symlink for a source file between transfer completion and the unlink() call, causing rsync to delete the symlink target rather than the intended source file.
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
- advisory security.alpinelinux.org