CVE-2026-53788
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in the name-converter uid/gid mapping interface that allows local attackers to forge protocol messages by creating user or group names containing newline characters. Attackers can inject malicious newline characters into names communicated over the pipe-based line-oriented protocol to cause the rsync daemon to process attacker-influenced data as legitimate protocol input, corrupting uid/gid mapping logic.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.7–6.9
ssvc
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affected products (14)
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- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2817Rsync: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Rsync ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Daten offenzulegen oder zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen.
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0cnnvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-p4c5-8c68-5fjqcnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-newline-injection-via-name-converter-uid-gid-mappingcnnvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-p4c5-8c68-5fjqenisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-newline-injection-via-name-converter-uid-gid-mappingenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0nvd
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