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DEBIAN-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

Debian:12 rsync

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 rsync

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1"}]}]

Debian:14 rsync

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0+ds1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org