CVE-2026-53789: rsync < 3.5.0 Arbitrary File Deletion via Malicious File List
RsyncProject · rsync
Fixed in 3.5.0 · Affected: RsyncProject before 3.5.0 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 29% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
rsync before 3.5.0 contains an improper path handling vulnerability that allows a malicious sender to expand the scope of --delete operations beyond the intended destination subtree by sending a crafted file list that causes rsync to reclassify implied parent directory entries or treat synthetic paths as the transfer root. Attackers can exploit multiple variants including implied parent reclassification, synthetic root path construction, legacy protocol behavior below version 30, and non-directory root handling to cause the receiver to delete files outside the authorized destination directory.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- RsyncProject · rsyncup to and including 3.4.4
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- RsyncProject
- Published
- August 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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