🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-70456

HIGH 8.2

rsync 3.0.1 < 3.5.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via read_args()

CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

rsync 3.0.1 before 3.5.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the read_args() function that allows a malicious sender to corrupt adjacent heap memory by sending a crafted argument list. When the argument count causes the argv allocation to be exactly full, the trailing NULL terminator is written one slot beyond the allocation boundary, corrupting adjacent heap memory.

CWE CWE-787
Vendor rsyncproject
Product rsync
Published Aug 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Affected Versions

RsyncProject / rsync
3.0.1 ≤ 3.4.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
github.com: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-78jc-79jv-v6rw github.com: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-read-args

Credits

gregkh