CVE-2026-53792 PUBLISHED

rsync < 3.5.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via Zero-Length Checksum Block

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

rsync before 3.5.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the sender-side block matching logic that allows a malicious receiver to trigger memory access before the start of an allocated buffer by sending a crafted checksum block with a length of zero. Attackers can send a specially crafted checksum set containing a zero-length block to cause a negative offset calculation during delta computation, resulting in an out-of-bounds read of file data buffer memory on the sender side.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

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

Credits

  • akoul finder
  • z3r0s6 finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index CWE
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write CWE