rsync 3.1.0 < 3.5.0 Authorization Bypass via auth users Directive Parsing (RsyncProject rsync)

CVE-2026-70463
HIGH 8.6

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.36 % · percentile 30 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
VulnCheck
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

rsync 3.1.0 before 3.5.0 contains an authorization bypass in auth users directive parsing. The auth users parser uses comma-only tokenization when splitting the user list, which fails to correctly handle entries of the form @Group Name where the group name contains a space. The space within the group name causes the parser to split the entry at the space boundary, discarding the deny rule associated with the group. An authenticated user whose username or group membership would be denied by an @Group Name auth users entry can connect to a restricted module because the deny rule is silently discarded during parsing.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NVulnCheck
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
RsyncProject · rsyncaffected 3.1.0 ≤ 3.4.4 ; unaffected 3.5.0

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD