A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync. It stems from behavior enabled by the `--inc-recursive` option, a default-enabled option for many client options and can be enabled by the server even if not explicitly enabled by the client. When using the `--inc-recursive` option, a lack of proper symlink verification coupled with deduplication checks occurring on a per-file-list basis could allow a server to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory. A malicious server could write malicious files to arbitrary locations named after valid directories/paths on the client.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · samba, almalinux, archlinuxNVD modified 2026-10-21 17:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 24
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:archlinux:arch_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nixos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:tritondatacenter:smartos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:9.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus:9.6_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:9.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.6_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:9.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.6_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.6_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 20
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23154
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23235
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23407
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23415
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23416
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23853
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23854
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23858
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2600 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7050 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8385 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12087 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330672 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00008.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj Exploit, Third Party Advisory