CVE-2024-12088
Rsync: --safe-links option bypass leads to path traversal
At a glance Severity MEDIUM 6.5 EPSS EPSS 4.65 % · percentile 92 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2025-01-14 Updated 2026-10-21 Assigner redhat NVD status Modified 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.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N redhat CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≤ 3.3.0cpe:2.3:a:redhat:discovery:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:9.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus:9.6_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:9.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.6_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:9.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.6_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.6_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:archlinux:arch_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nixos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 24.11cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:tritondatacenter:smartos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 20250123cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*Affected products
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