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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-53800 Detail

Description

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation access to cause arbitrary file deletion. Attackers can atomically substitute a symlink for a source file between transfer completion and the unlink() call, causing rsync to delete the symlink target rather than the intended source file.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 5.7 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0 VulnCheck
https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-v3vw-pvpg-chwh VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-symlink-race-condition-via-remove-source-files VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') VulnCheck  
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition VulnCheck  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-53800
NVD Published Date:
08/13/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/14/2026
Source:
VulnCheck