CVE-2026-53788 PUBLISHED

rsync < 3.5.0 Newline Injection via name-converter uid/gid mapping

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.06.2026 Published: 13.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor RsyncProject
Product rsync
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.4.4 (incl.)
  • Version 3.5.0 is unaffected

Credits

  • revampstudio finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') CWE