CVE-2024-12747 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-12747: Rsync: race condition in rsync handling symbolic links

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-362
Published January 14, 2025
Last update April 14, 2026

CVSS base score

5.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in rsync. This vulnerability arises from a race condition during rsync's handling of symbolic links. Rsync's default behavior when encountering symbolic links is to skip them. If an attacker replaced a regular file with a symbolic link at the right time, it was possible to bypass the default behavior and traverse symbolic links. Depending on the privileges of the rsync process, an attacker could leak sensitive information, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 14, 2025 CVE published
April 14, 2026 Record updated