CVE-2026-53790

critical · 9.2

rsync before 3.5.0 contains multiple command and argument injection vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by supplying malicious input through several code paths, including the RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG environment variable, daemon hooks, the rsync-ssl wrapper, and remote-shell command newline injection. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters or newline characters into unsanitized user-supplied values such as hostnames and hostspecs to execute arbitrary commands under the privileges of the rsync process or the invoking user.

9.2

CVSS

0.7%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

51st

EPSS percentile

2026-08-13

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-78CWE-88

References

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0
https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-5hcf-7xxm-rmqq
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-command-injection-via-multiple-code-paths

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-53790