CVE-2026-53792: RsyncProject rsync

rsync < 3.5.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via Zero-Length Checksum Block

CVSS 7.1 HighEPSS 0.0031 · 24th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 13 Aug 2026, 14:38 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
RsyncProject	rsync https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync	affected 3.4.4 and earlier semver unaffected 3.5.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-53792

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-129 · CWE-787

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.1	High	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
6.5	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0031, the 24th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 13 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-cg57-rp9g-56hw vendor-advisory
github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.5.0 release-notes
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-out-of-bounds-read-via-zero-length-checksum-block third-party-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.