CVE-2024-12088
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.5%
Description
A flaw was found in rsync. When using the `--safe-links` option, the rsync client fails to properly verify if a symbolic link destination sent from the server contains another symbolic link within it. This results in a path traversal vulnerability, which may lead to arbitrary file write outside the desired directory.
How to fix CVE-2024-12088
To remediate CVE-2024-12088, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/rsync—upgrade to 3.4.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.3-4+deb11u2 or later
Is CVE-2024-12088 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.4.0-r0
- from 0, < 3.2.3-4+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |