CVE-2018-5764

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

The parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5764

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5764.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-21

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.1.3pre1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.1.2-2.2
debian debianbullseyefixed3.1.2-2.2
debian debianforkyfixed3.1.2-2.2
debian debiansidfixed3.1.2-2.2
debian debiantrixiefixed3.1.2-2.2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.