CVE-2024-12088
HIGH7.5EPSS 2.5%Published: 1/14/2025Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
A flaw was found in rsync. When using the `--safe-links` option, the rsync client fails to properly verify if a symbolic link destination sent from the server contains another symbolic link within it. This results in a path traversal vulnerability, which may lead to arbitrary file write outside the desired directory.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/rsyncfrom 0, < 3.4.0-r0
- Debian/rsyncfrom 0, < 3.2.3-4+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |