{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "3.4.4"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "471e17dc0d68233db84db11be82c9f62f4661214"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/rsyncproject/rsync",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-phxh-hjqv-39c9"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-367",
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53799.json"
  },
  "details": "rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability that allows local attackers to cause rsync to apply arbitrary ACLs or extended attributes to unintended files by substituting a symlink at a predictable destination path between the file write and the subsequent acl_set_file() or lsetxattr() call. Attackers can exploit this timing window to redirect ACL and xattr application through a crafted symlink to files outside the intended destination tree, potentially granting elevated permissions and enabling local privilege escalation.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-53799",
  "modified": "2026-08-15T11:31:18.409034122Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T14:40:45.664Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53799.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-phxh-hjqv-39c9"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53799"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-symlink-race-condition-via-acl-xattr-application"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "rsync \u003c 3.5.0 Symlink Race Condition via ACL/xattr Application"
}