CVE-2026-70454
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileDEEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
rsync 3.2.0 through 3.2.3 (openssl mode) and rsync-ssl through 3.4.4 (stunnel mode) contain a TLS certificate validation vulnerability that allows on-path attackers to intercept encrypted sessions by presenting self-signed or otherwise invalid certificates. Attackers can exploit the failure to validate server TLS certificates against a trusted CA or verify certificate hostname matching to decrypt or tamper with rsync session content without detection by the client.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–8
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (14)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- 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/releases/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0cnnvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-3c3x-ww2w-5r5pcnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-tls-certificate-validation-bypass-via-ssl-openssl-modecnnvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-3c3x-ww2w-5r5penisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-tls-certificate-validation-bypass-via-ssl-openssl-modeenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0nvd
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