What is CVE-2026-43619?

CVE-2026-43619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rsyncproject Rsync, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2026-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-43619?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rsyncproject Rsync

CVE-2026-43619

Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain symlink race condition vulnerabilities in path-based system calls including chmod, lchown, utimes, rename, unlink, mkdir, symlink, mknod, link, rmdir, and lstat that allow local attackers to redirect o…

EPSS: 0.000 (0.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Rsyncproject Rsync — versions 0
Samba Rsync

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (release-notes, Release Notes)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43619?: CVE-2026-43619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rsyncproject Rsync, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2026-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-43619?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.