CVE-2026-43618
Published: 20 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-43618 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 12.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
NVD Description
Rsync version 3.4.2 and prior contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the compressed-token decoder where a 32-bit signed counter is not checked for overflow, allowing a malicious sender to trigger an overflow that causes the receiver process to read and…
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return data from outside the intended buffer bounds. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose process memory contents including environment variables, passwords, heap and stack data, and library memory pointers, significantly reducing ASLR effectiveness and facilitating further exploitation.
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