CVE-2026-53786
🔶 mediumSummary
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a filter rule bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated clients to override module-level filter restrictions by supplying malicious --filter merge file directives. Attackers can inject client-side merge file directives during filter evaluation to introduce rules that supersede daemon module-level restrictions, gaining access to files the module filter was intended to exclude.
CVSS Score
6.5
Medium
EPSS Score
0.3
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-08-13
First Seen: 2026-08-14
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 46.6% of all 360,548 vulnerabilities in our database.
#192,621
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Aug 14, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
YES
Can be exploited automatically
💥 Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
🏆 Discovered By
revampstudio
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-08-31
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)