CVE-2026-53790
rsync before 3.5.0 contains multiple command and argument injection vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by supplying malicious input through several code paths, including the RSYNCCONNECTPROG environment variable, daemon hooks, the rsync-ssl wrapper, and remote-shell command newline injection. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters or newline characters into unsanitized user-supplied values such as hostnames and hostspecs to execute arbitrary commands under the privileges of the rsync process or the invoking user.
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References
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53790.json, https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0, https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-5hcf-7xxm-rmqq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53790, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-command-injection-via-multiple-code-paths, https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync