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SUSE Linux Micro Rsync Important Symlink Race and Access Flaws 2026-21726

SUSE Linux Micro Rsync Important Symlink Race and Access Flaws 2026-21726

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • May 22, 2026

## This update for rsync fixes the following issues Security issues: * CVE-2026-29518: Symlink-Race TOCTOU in Daemon (bsc#1264511). * CVE-2026-43617: Authorization Bypass via Hostname Resolution (bsc#1264515). * CVE-2026-43618: Integer Overflow Information Disclosure (bsc#1264512). * CVE-2026-43619: Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls (bsc#1264514). * CVE-2026-43620: Out-of-Bounds Array Read via recv_files() (bsc#1264513). * CVE-2026-45232: Off-by-one stack OOB write in HTTP CONNECT proxy response parsing (bsc#1265296). Non security issues: * rsync --delay-updates never updates after interruption (bsc#1204538). * Fix duplication of flag causing illegal hashkey failures. ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

## This update for rsync fixes the following issues Security issues: * CVE-2026-29518: Symlink-Race TOCTOU in Daemon (bsc#1264511). * CVE-2026-43617: Authorization Bypass via Hostname Resolution (bsc#1264515). * CVE-2026-43618: Integer Overflow Information Disclosure (bsc#1264512). * CVE-2026-43619: Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls (bsc#1264514). * CVE-2026-43620: Out-of-Bounds Array Read via recv_files() (bsc#1264513). * CVE-2026-45232: Off-by-one stack OOB write in HTTP CONNECT proxy response parsing (bsc#1265296). Non security issues: * rsync --delay-updates never updates after interruption (bsc#1204538). * Fix duplication of flag causing illegal hashkey failures. ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

* CVE-2022-29154 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-29154 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-12084 ( SUSE ): 9.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21726-1 Release Date: 2026-05-21T11:03:43Z Rating: important

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