A flaw was found in rsync. When using the `--safe-links` option, the rsync client fails to properly verify if a symbolic link destination sent from the server contains another symbolic link within it. This results in a path traversal vulnerability, which may lead to arbitrary file write outside the desired directory.
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, redhat, archlinuxNVD modified 2026-10-21 17:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 29
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:discovery:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:archlinux:arch_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nixos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:tritondatacenter:smartos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
- 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-2024-12088 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330676 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 Third Party Advisory