CVE-2026-53785

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (8th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: EPSS, a secondary CVSS source
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows a malicious sender to write files outside the intended destination directory tree by crafting relative paths with symlink components in --relative mode. The make_path() function follows symlinks pointing outside the destination tree while creating intermediate directories without verifying that created paths remain within the destination boundary, enabling arbitrary file writes on the receiver's filesystem.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100

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 (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity71% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.1 of 10.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
8th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_release.
Web page

rsync < 3.5.0 Path Traversal Write Escape via --relative Mode | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-path-traversal-write-escape-via-relative-mode
GitHub release Patch Available

v3.5.0

Patch available: RsyncProject/rsync v3.5.0

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

rsync: --relative implied-parent creation escapes the destination tree · Advisory · RsyncProject/rsync · GitHub

Affected: 3.5.0. (Precise introduced-in ranges being finalised.)

https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-pph3-7xmf-rrqg

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53785(3)

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

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrsync-0:3.1.3-28.el8_102026-09-30redhat
redhatrhcos-4.22.9.8.202609221802-02026-09-29redhat
redhatrsync-0:3.5.0-3.el10_22026-09-14redhat
redhatrsync-0:3.2.7-1.el9_82026-09-14redhat

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

(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync—
  • every version up to 3.5.0-r0: fixed in 3.5.0-r0
—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync—
  • every version up to 3.5.0-r0: fixed in 3.5.0-r0
—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync—
  • every version up to 3.5.0-r0: fixed in 3.5.0-r0
—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync—
  • every version up to 3.5.0-r0: fixed in 3.5.0-r0
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync3.2.7-1 ... 3.5.1+ds1-1 (32 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync3.4.1+ds1-5 ... 3.4.4+ds1-1 (13 versions)
  • every version up to 3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1: fixed in 3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
rsync3.4.1+ds1-5 ... 3.4.4+ds1-1 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 3.5.0+ds1-1: fixed in 3.5.0+ds1-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

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 11× in last 7d / 80× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 138 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 38 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53785?
CVE-2026-53785 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 13, 2026. rsync before 3.5.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows a malicious sender to write files outside the intended destination directory tree by crafting relative paths with symlink components in --relative mode. The make_path() function follows symlinks pointing outside the destination…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-53785 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-53785 was published on August 13, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 8, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-53785 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53785 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (8th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53785?
CVE-2026-53785 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53785?
A fix for CVE-2026-53785 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-53785 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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