ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-29518
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-29518
Published
2026-05-20T13:16:17.040Z
Modified
2026-05-27T08:30:05.062079699Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in daemon file handling that allows attackers to redirect file writes outside intended directories by replacing parent directory components with symbolic links. Attackers with write access to a module path can exploit this race condition to create or overwrite arbitrary files, potentially modifying sensitive system files and achieving privilege escalation when the daemon runs with elevated privileges. This vulnerability can only be triggered if the chroot setting is false.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.20 / rsync

Package

Name
rsync
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518.json"

Alpine:v3.21 / rsync

Package

Name
rsync
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518.json"

Alpine:v3.22 / rsync

Package

Name
rsync
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / rsync

Package

Name
rsync
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.3-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-29518.json"