CVE-2026-53798
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.3
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.
Products: RsyncProject rsync
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.21 | rsync | 3.5.0-r0 |
| Alpine 3.22 | rsync | 3.5.0-r0 |
| Alpine 3.23 | rsync | 3.5.0-r0 |
| Alpine 3.24 | rsync | 3.5.0-r0 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | rsync | 3.5.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | rsync-daemon | 3.5.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Debian 12 | rsync | no fix |
| Debian 13 | rsync | 3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1 |
| Debian 14 | rsync | 3.5.0+ds1-1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | rsync | 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | rsync | 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | rsync | 3.4.1-160000.6.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | rsync | 3.2.3-150400.3.34.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | rsync | 3.2.7-150600.3.24.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | rsync | 3.4.1-160000.6.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | rsync | 3.2.7-8.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | rsync | 3.3.0-slfo.1.1_7.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | rsync | 3.4.1-160000.6.1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | rsync | no fix |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | rsync | 3.4.1-160000.6.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | rsync | 3.5.1-1.1 |