ALPINE-CVE-2026-53798
- Source
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-53798
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-53798.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-53798
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-08-13T15:19:51.947Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-01T23:30:03.927465869Z
- Severity
-
- 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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 before 3.5.0 contains a privilege confusion vulnerability in the name-converter subprocess uid/gid mapping that allows local attackers to cause transferred files to be owned by root by influencing name-converter responses to return empty values. When the name-converter subprocess returns an empty response for a uid or gid lookup, rsync incorrectly interprets it as a successful resolution to uid/gid 0 (root) rather than a lookup failure, and if the name-converter also signals fake super-user status, rsync proceeds with root ownership assignments for transferred files.
- References
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.21 / rsync
Package
- Name
- rsync
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source
Alpine:v3.22 / rsync
Package
- Name
- rsync
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source
Alpine:v3.23 / rsync
Package
- Name
- rsync
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/rsync?arch=source