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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-0426 json

rsync before 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize paths when running a read/write daemon without using chroot, which allows remote attackers to…

published 2004-04-30 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0425

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

rsync before 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize paths when running a read/write daemon without using chroot, which allows remote attackers to write files outside of the module's path.

Patch / fix

  • rsync Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0426

  • rsync RHEL 3 2.5.7-4.3E

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:192

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0426 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 rsync 2.5.7-4.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 rsync 2.5.7-4.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 rsync 2.5.7-4.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 rsync 2.5.7-4.3E
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:192

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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