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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-1673

NIXPKGS-2026-1673
published 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Permalink CVE-2026-29518
7.3 HIGH
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): High (H)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): High (H)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): High (H)
  • Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): High (H)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): High (H)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): High (H)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
  • Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
  • Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
  • Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
  • Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
  • Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
  • Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
  • Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
  • Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
  • Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
  • Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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    19 packages
    • grsync
    • rrsync
    • rsyncy
    • btrsync
    • parsync
    • librsync
    • diskrsync
    • openrsync
    • vdirsyncer
    • sqlite-rsync
    • yaziPlugins.rsync
    • python313Packages.btrsync
    • python314Packages.btrsync
    • python312Packages.sysrsync
    • python313Packages.sysrsync
    • python314Packages.sysrsync
    • python312Packages.vdirsyncer
    • python314Packages.vdirsyncer
    • python313Packages.vdirsyncer
  • @LeSuisse ignored maintainer @ivan maintainer.ignore
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Rsync < 3.4.3 TOCTOU Race Condition Allows Symlink-Based Arbitrary File Write

Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in daemon file handling that allows attackers to redirect file writes outside intended directories by replacing parent directory components with symbolic links. Attackers with write access to a module path can exploit this race condition to create or overwrite arbitrary files, potentially modifying sensitive system files and achieving privilege escalation when the daemon runs with elevated privileges. This vulnerability can only be triggered if the chroot setting is false.

Affected products

rsync
  • <3.4.3

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.rsync

Fast incremental file transfer utility

Ignored packages (19)

pkgs.grsync

Synchronize folders, files and make backups

pkgs.rrsync

Helper to run rsync-only environments from ssh-logins

pkgs.rsyncy

Progress bar wrapper for rsync

pkgs.btrsync

Btrfs replication made easy

  • nixos-unstable 0.3
    • nixpkgs-unstable 0.3
    • nixos-unstable-small 0.3

pkgs.parsync

Tool to parallel rsync-like pull sync over SSH

pkgs.librsync

Implementation of the rsync remote-delta algorithm

pkgs.diskrsync

Rsync for block devices and disk images

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