CVE-2024-12747 Rsync: race condition in rsync handling symbolic links
Attackers can exploit a race condition in rsync to bypass symlink protections, potentially leaking sensitive data or escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-12747?
CVE-2024-12747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Discovery 1.14, published on 14 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in rsync. This vulnerability arises from a race condition during rsync's handling of symbolic links. Rsync's default behavior when encountering symbolic links is to skip them. If an attacker replaced a regular file with a symbolic link at the right time, it was possible to bypass the default behavior and traverse symbolic links. Depending on the privileges of the rsync process, an attacker could leak sensitive information, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12747?
Linux distribution packages (6)
rsync SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 3.2.3-150000.4.36.1 |
rsync SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 3.2.3-150000.4.36.1 |
rsync SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | All versions | 3.2.3-150000.4.36.1 |
rsync SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 3.2.3-150000.4.36.1 |
rsync SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 3.2.3-150000.4.36.1 |
rsync SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | All versions | 3.2.3-150000.4.36.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-12747?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-12747 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12747 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-12747, AZL-55673, AZL-55679, BELL-CVE-2024-12747, CLSA-2025-1738170434, CLSA-2025-1738265246 and 8 more.