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TI-2022-11699 Aliases CVE-2022-29154GHSA-5jgp-wh79-75wg

An issue was discovered in rsync before 3.2.5 that allows malicious remote servers to…

Priority LOW 37CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

An issue was discovered in rsync before 3.2.5 that allows malicious remote servers to write arbitrary files inside the directories of connecting peers. The server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the rsync client performs insufficient validation of file names. A malicious rsync server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the rsync client target directory and subdirectories (for example, overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02348 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 7 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.2.5VulnerableSamba
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.5 Vulnerable ·Samba
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Red Hat 7 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:6551 Released 2022-09-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Virtualization security update
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 redhat-virtualization-host-4.5.2-202209140405_8.6, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.5.2-202209140405_8.6
  • RHSA-2022:6170 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rsync security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9
  • RHSA-2022:6171 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rsync security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4) rsync-3.1.3-12.el8_4.2, rsync-daemon-3.1.3-12.el8_4.2
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2022:6180 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rsync security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) rsync-3.1.3-14.el8_6.3, rsync-daemon-3.1.3-14.el8_6.3
  • RHSA-2022:6181 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rsync security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rsync-daemon-3.2.3-9.el9_0.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) rsync-3.2.3-9.el9_0.2
  • RHSA-2022:6172 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rsync security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2) rsync-3.1.3-7.el8_2.2, rsync-daemon-3.1.3-7.el8_2.2
  • RHSA-2022:6173 Released 2022-08-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rsync security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2, rsync-daemon-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:6181
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:6180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:6181
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)Fixed RHSA-2022:6173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2022:6172
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2022:6171
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2022:6170
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2022:6170
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2022:6170
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2022:6551
Not affected: 1 product
  • RHEL 8-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29154
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5jgp-wh79-75wg

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Sources

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