{"id":"RLSA-2026:26408","summary":"Important: rsync security update","details":"The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* rsync: rsync: Remote memory disclosure via integer overflow in compressed-token decoding (CVE-2026-43618)\n\n* rsync: TOCTOU symlink race condition allowing local privilege escalation in daemon mode without chroot. (CVE-2026-29518)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-06-17T06:30:05.824421052Z","published":"2026-06-17T06:00:15.788686Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-29518","CVE-2026-43618"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:26408"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469054"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2469055"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsync","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/rsync?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:3.1.3-27.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:26408.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}