Rsync is a widely deployed file-synchronization utility whose lean codebase and focused scope result in a correspondingly modest vulnerability footprint. Treat this as a compact vendor profile rather than a broad trend line; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Rsync over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (4 CVEs).
4 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2007-6200HIGH Unspecified vulnerability in rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon, allows remote attackers to bypass exclude, exclude_from, and filter and read or write hid | Dec 1, 2007 | 10.0 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-6199HIGH rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to cr | Dec 1, 2007 | 9.3 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-10158MEDIUM A malicious client acting as the receiver of an rsync file transfer can trigger an out of bounds read of a heap based buffer, via a negative array index. The
malicious
rsync cl | Nov 18, 2025 | 4.3 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-4091MEDIUM Multiple off-by-one errors in the sender.c in rsync 2.6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directory names that are not properly handled when calling the | Aug 16, 2007 | 6.8 | 19 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (4 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Rsync.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Rsync — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.