Vulnerability in rsync (CVE-2026-70452)
Summary
Vulnerability in rsync (CVE-2026-70452). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
rsync 3.1.0 before 3.5.0 contains an access control bypass vulnerability that allows remote attackers to circumvent hosts deny rules by inducing DNS resolution failures during hostname-based access control evaluation. When a DNS lookup for a hostname-based deny rule fails, the daemon skips the rule rather than defaulting to a deny decision, enabling attackers who can trigger DNS failures to bypass module-level IP access controls and gain unauthorized access to restricted module file trees.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-70452 has been found in rsync.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "rsync CVE-2026-70452" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-70452 (rsync) — CWE-636 / CVSS v3 7.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-636) exists in rsync.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of rsync.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.4/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'rsync' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'rsync' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
rsyncを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2026-70452 rsync Fixed in: 3.5.0-r0
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-70452 rsync Fixed in: 3.5.0-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-70452 rsync
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-70452 rsync