VDB-389623 · CVE-2026-70455 · GCVE-0-2026-70455

RsyncProject Rsync up to 3.4.4 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in RsyncProject Rsync up to 3.4.4 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-70455. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in RsyncProject Rsync up to 3.4.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

rsync 3.4.2 before 3.5.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows a remote sender to exhaust system resources by specifying the --zt short alias for --compress-threads, which bypasses the refuse options directive's string matching on long option names. Attackers can specify --zt=N with a large value to spawn an unbounded number of Zstandard worker threads on the receiver, exhausting available thread and memory resources.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-70455 since 08/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

File Transfer Software

Vendor

RsyncProject

Name

Rsync

Version

Website

Product: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Rsync 3.5.0

Timelineinfo

08/04/2026 CVE reserved
08/13/2026 +9 days Advisory disclosed
08/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-70455 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-70455
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-389623

Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2026 17:57
Changes: 08/13/2026 17:57 (55)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103