CVE-2026-53800 — rsync < 3.5.0 Symlink Race Condition via --remove-source-files
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 fil…
Published: 2026-08-13 · CVSS: 5.7 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7