CVE-2026-53798

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53798
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53798.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-53798
Aliases
  • GHSA-hx7p-3gvv-pqgv
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-08-13T14:36:00.537Z
Modified
2026-08-18T09:41:56.546860894Z
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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
rsync < 3.5.0 Privilege Confusion via name-converter uid/gid mapping
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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-704"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53798.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/rsyncproject/rsync

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rsyncproject/rsync
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
471e17dc0d68233db84db11be82c9f62f4661214
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.4.4"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.5.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
mbp_bk_export0
v1.*
v1.6.4
v1.6.5
v1.6.6
v1.6.7
v1.6.8
v1.6.9
v1.7.0
v1.7.1
v1.7.2
v1.7.3
v1.7.4
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.1
v2.0.10
v2.0.11
v2.0.12
v2.0.13
v2.0.14
v2.0.15
v2.0.16
v2.0.17
v2.0.18
v2.0.19
v2.0.2
v2.0.3
v2.0.4
v2.0.5
v2.0.6
v2.0.7
v2.0.8
v2.0.9
v2.1.0
v2.1.1
v2.2.0
v2.2.1
v2.3.0
v2.3.1
v2.3.2
v2.4.0
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.4.6
v2.4.7pre2
v2.4.7pre4
v2.5.0
v2.5.1
v2.5.1pre1
v2.5.1pre2
v2.5.1pre3
v2.5.2
v2.5.2pre1
v2.5.2pre2
v2.5.2pre3
v2.5.3
v2.5.3pre1
v2.5.4
v2.5.4pre1
v2.5.5
v2.5.5.rc1
v2.5.6
v2.6.0
v2.6.0pre1
v2.6.0pre2
v2.6.1
v2.6.1pre1
v2.6.1pre2
v2.6.2
v2.6.2pre1
v2.6.3
v2.6.3pre1
v2.6.3pre2
v2.6.4
v2.6.4pre1
v2.6.4pre2
v2.6.4pre3
v2.6.4pre4
v2.6.5
v2.6.5pre1
v2.6.5pre2
v2.6.6pre1
v2.6.7
v2.6.7pre1
v2.6.7pre2
v2.6.7pre3
v2.6.8
v2.6.8pre1
v2.6.9
v2.6.9pre1
v2.6.9pre2
v2.6.9pre3
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.0pre1
v3.0.0pre10
v3.0.0pre2
v3.0.0pre3
v3.0.0pre4
v3.0.0pre5
v3.0.0pre6
v3.0.0pre7
v3.0.0pre8
v3.0.0pre9
v3.0.1
v3.0.1pre1
v3.0.1pre2
v3.0.1pre3
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.0.3pre1
v3.0.3pre2
v3.0.3pre3
v3.1.0
v3.1.0pre1
v3.1.1
v3.1.1pre1
v3.1.1pre2
v3.1.2
v3.1.2pre1
v3.1.3
v3.1.3pre1
v3.2.0
v3.2.0pre1
v3.2.0pre2
v3.2.0pre3
v3.2.1
v3.2.1pre1
v3.2.2
v3.2.2pre1
v3.2.2pre2
v3.2.2pre3
v3.2.3
v3.2.3pre1
v3.2.4
v3.2.4pre1
v3.2.4pre2
v3.2.4pre3
v3.2.4pre4
v3.2.5
v3.2.5pre1
v3.2.5pre2
v3.2.6
v3.2.7
v3.2.7pre1
v3.3.0
v3.3.0pre1
v3.4
v3.4.0
v3.4.1
v3.4.2
v3.4.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53798.json"