CVE-2026-43618

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-20. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the compressed-token decoder where a 32-bit signed counter is not checked for overflow, allowing a malicious sender to trigger an overflow that causes the receiver process to read and return data from outside the intended buffer bounds. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose process memory contents including environment variables, passwords, heap and stack data, and library memory pointers, significantly reducing ASLR effectiveness and facilitating further exploitation.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
53%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated May 20, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Rsync < 3.4.3 Integer Overflow Information Disclosure | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-integer-overflow-information-disclosure
github Patch Available

rsync: Integer overflow in compressed-token decoding enables remote memory dump · Advisory · RsyncProject/rsync · GitHub

Affected: 3.4.3

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-g37v-g3gj-pmwq
generic

Release v3.4.3 · RsyncProject/rsync · GitHub

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.4.3

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-43618(6)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntursync (3.2.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.6) @ jammy2026-08-20ubuntu
ubuntursync (3.1.1-3ubuntu1.3+esm5) @ xenial2026-08-20ubuntu
redhatdiscovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:17821669522026-06-24redhat
redhatrsync-0:3.4.4-1.el10_22026-06-16redhat
redhatrsync-0:3.1.3-27.el8_102026-06-16redhat
redhatrsync-0:3.2.5-7.el9_8.22026-06-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(9 across 9 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync—3.4.3-r0—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync—3.4.3-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync—3.4.3-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync—3.4.3-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync—3.4.3-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync3.2.3-4, 3.2.3-4+deb11u1, 3.2.3-4+deb11u2, 3.2.3-4+deb11u33.2.3-4+deb11u4—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync3.2.7-1, 3.2.7-1+deb12u1, 3.2.7-1+deb12u2, 3.2.7-1+deb12u3, 3.2.7-1+deb12u43.2.7-1+deb12u5—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync3.4.1+ds1-5, 3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u1, 3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u23.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u3—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rsync3.4.1+ds1-5 ... 3.4.2+ds1-2 (6 versions)3.4.3+ds1-1—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 100× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 258 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 18:57 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-20 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-17 09:57 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-17 09:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-16 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-16 16:55 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-16 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-16 03:32 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 03:32 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-16 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-15 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-15 03:20 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-15 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-14 14:30 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-14 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-14 02:04 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-14 02:04 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-14 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-13 03:10 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-13 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-12 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-12 14:44 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-08-12 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-12 02:18 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-12 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-11 13:52 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-11 13:52 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-11 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-11 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-11 00:37 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-11 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-10 02:25 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-10 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-09 14:00 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-09 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-09 01:34 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-09 01:34 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-09 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-08 01:55 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-08 01:55 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-08 01:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-07 13:29 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-07 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-07 01:04 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-07 01:04 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-07 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-06 09:52 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-06 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-05 21:20 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-05 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-05 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-04 05:26 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-04 05:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-03 16:56 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-03 16:56 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-03 16:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-02 19:17 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-08-02 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-02 06:51 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-02 06:51 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-02 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-01 17:49 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-01 17:49 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-01 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  69. 2026-07-26 08:17 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-07-26 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-07-23 03:14 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43618?
CVE-2026-43618 is a high vulnerability published on May 20, 2026. Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the compressed-token decoder where a 32-bit signed counter is not checked for overflow, allowing a malicious sender to trigger an overflow that causes the receiver process to read and return data from outside the intended…
When was CVE-2026-43618 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43618 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 20, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43618 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43618 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 46.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43618?
CVE-2026-43618 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43618?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43618, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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