RLSA-2026:17481

Synopsis

Important: rsync security update

Description

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.

Security Fix(es):

* rsync: Rsync: Use-after-free vulnerability in extended attribute handling (CVE-2026-41035)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected products

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 Rocky Linux 8 x86_64

Fixes

2458898

CVEs

CVE-2026-41035

Affected packages

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - BaseOS

rsync-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.aarch64.rpm rsync-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.src.rpm rsync-daemon-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.noarch.rpm rsync-debuginfo-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.aarch64.rpm rsync-debugsource-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - BaseOS

rsync-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.src.rpm rsync-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.x86_64.rpm rsync-daemon-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.noarch.rpm rsync-debuginfo-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.x86_64.rpm rsync-debugsource-0:3.1.3-25.el8_10.x86_64.rpm