VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-12087
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-01-14
Last modified2026-10-21
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync. It stems from behavior enabled by the `--inc-recursive` option, a default-enabled option for many client options and can be enabled by the server even if not explicitly enabled by the client. When using the `--inc-recursive` option, a lack of proper symlink verification coupled with deduplication checks occurring on a per-file-list basis could allow a server to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory. A malicious server could write malicious files to arbitrary locations named after valid directories/paths on the client.
Weakness classification
- secalert@redhat.com: CWE-22
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22