Rsync: --safe-links option bypass leads to path traversal
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.5epss 4.7%
exploitation probability
4.7%top 9% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in rsync. When using the `--safe-links` option, the rsync client fails to properly verify if a symbolic link destination sent from the server contains another symbolic link within it. This results in a path traversal vulnerability, which may lead to arbitrary file write outside the desired directory.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
rsyncRed Hat · Red Hat Discovery 1.14Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2600https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7050https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8385https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12088https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330676https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqjhttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00008.htmlhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657