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cve-2026-43617

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CVE-2026-43617 is a medium-severity authorization bypass vulnerability in rsync 3.4.2 and earlier, published on May 20, 2026. The flaw affects rsync daemon hostname-based access controls when the service runs with chroot. It exploits the trust placed in DNS reverse lookups to bypass host deny rules, allowing an attacker to circumvent name-based access policies. This is not a remote-code-execution bug but a reminder that security boundaries relying on DNS integrity are fragile. Administrators using rsync with hostname-based ACLs should review their configurations and consider additional controls to mitigate this vulnerability.
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    CVE-2026-43617 Rsync ACL Bypass: DNS Reverse Lookup Can Beat Host Deny Rules

    On May 20, 2026, CVE-2026-43617 was published for rsync 3.4.2 and earlier, describing a medium-severity authorization bypass in rsync daemon hostname-based access controls when the service is configured with chroot. The bug is not the kind of remote-code-execution siren that sends every SOC...
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