CVE-2026-53790

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.

CVSS 4.0

9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-78, CWE-88

Published

2026-08-13

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

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

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