rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation access to cause arbitrary file deletion. Attackers can atomically substitute a symlink for a source file between transfer completion and the unlink() call, causing rsync to delete the symlink target rather than the intended source file.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-367",
"CWE-59"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53800.json",
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}{
"source": [
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"DESCRIPTION",
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],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.4.4"
},
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"fixed": "3.5.0"
}
]
}