CVE-2026-53800
MEDIUM
NVD
CVSS Score
4.7
Severity
MEDIUM
Published
Aug 13, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation access to cause arbitrary file deletion. Attackers can atomically substitute a symlink for a source file between transfer completion and the unlink() call, causing rsync to delete the symlink target rather than the intended source file.