# CVE-2022-29154: An issue was discovered in rsync before 3.2.5 that allows malicious remote servers to write arbitrary files inside the directories of connec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2022-08-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in rsync before 3.2.5 that allows malicious remote servers to write arbitrary files inside the directories of connecting peers. The server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the rsync client performs insufficient validation of file names. A malicious rsync server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the rsync client target directory and subdirectories (for example, overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).

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## References

- https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/tags
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/02/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YRQAI7H4M4RQZ2IWZUEEXECBE5D56BH2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMBOJ77A7T7PQCARMDUK75TE6LLESZ3O/
- https://github.com/EgeBalci/CVE-2022-29154

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