Bug 2528653

Summary: CVE-2026-53789 rsync-bpc: rsync: Arbitrary file deletion via malicious file list [epel-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Srikanth Balasubramanian <sbalasub>
Component: rsync-bpcAssignee: Richard Shaw <hobbes1069>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-09-04 16:16:57 UTC 
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

rsync before 3.5.0 contains an improper path handling vulnerability that allows a malicious sender to expand the scope of --delete operations beyond the intended destination subtree by sending a crafted file list that causes rsync to reclassify implied parent directory entries or treat synthetic paths as the transfer root. Attackers can exploit multiple variants including implied parent reclassification, synthetic root path construction, legacy protocol behavior below version 30, and non-directory root handling to cause the receiver to delete files outside the authorized destination directory.