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CVE-2025-10158

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Description

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 client requires at least read access to the remote rsync module in order to trigger the issue.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.3 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-18 15:16:25.433000
Last modified
2026-10-19 13:10:00.110000
View original CVE JSON
{
  "id": "CVE-2025-10158",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-11-18T15:16:25.433",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T13:10:00.110",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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 \n\nmalicious \n\nrsync client requires at least read access to the remote rsync module in order to trigger the issue."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Un cliente malicioso que actúa como receptor de una transferencia de archivos rsync puede desencadenar una lectura fuera de límites de un búfer basado en el heap, a través de un índice de matriz negativo. El cliente rsync malicioso requiere al menos acceso de lectura al módulo rsync remoto para desencadenar el problema."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "rsync",
          "product": "rsync",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "3.4.1",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
        "impactScore": 1.4
      }
    ],
    "ssvcV203": [
      {
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "ssvcData": {
          "timestamp": "2025-11-19T16:15:02.998218Z",
          "id": "CVE-2025-10158",
          "options": [
            {
              "exploitation": "none"
            },
            {
              "automatable": "no"
            },
            {
              "technicalImpact": "partial"
            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "version": "2.0.3"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-129"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://attackerkb.com/assessments/fbacb2a6-d1cd-4011-bb3a-f06b1c8306b1",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/commit/797e17fc4a6f15e3b1756538a9f812b63942686f",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}