Low severity · published May 20, 2026
CVE-2026-45232
Rsync < 3.4.3 Off-by-One Stack Write via HTTP Proxy
3.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RS
rsync · RsyncProject
before 3.4.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45232
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45232
Release Notes
https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/tag/v3.4.3
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/security/advisories/GHSA-8f85-j2cv-59m8
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rsync-off-by-one-stack-write-via-http-proxy
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