Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain an off-by-one out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in the establish_proxy_connection() function in socket.c that allows network attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending a malformed HTTP proxy response. Attackers can exploit this by positioning themselves between the client and proxy or controlling the proxy server to send a response line of 1023 or more bytes without a newline terminator, causing a null byte to be written to an out-of-bounds stack address when the RSYNC_PROXY environment variable is set.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6282-1 rsync security update
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Wed, 20 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Description Rsync versions before 3.4.3 contain an off-by-one out-of-bounds stack write vulnerability in the establish_proxy_connection() function in socket.c that allows network attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending a malformed HTTP proxy response. Attackers can exploit this by positioning themselves between the client and proxy or controlling the proxy server to send a response line of 1023 or more bytes without a newline terminator, causing a null byte to be written to an out-of-bounds stack address when the RSYNC_PROXY environment variable is set.
Title Rsync < 3.4.3 Off-by-One Stack Write via HTTP Proxy
Weaknesses CWE-193
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-20T00:45:28.540Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T14:14:49.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-45232

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-20T02:16:36.887

Modified: 2026-05-20T13:58:07.923

Link: CVE-2026-45232

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Updated: 2026-05-20T10:38:43Z

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