Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:25173 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-06-11 Updated: 2026-06-11 RHSA-2026:25173 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: rsync security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 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. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x Fixes BZ - 2458898 - CVE-2026-41035 rsync: Rsync: Use-after-free vulnerability in extended attribute handling CVEs CVE-2026-41035 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 SRPM rsync-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5f8696a7e05530e57b84d855ae2e1d4990d497098b7b707f75ecd7c3c013fc47 x86_64 rsync-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2322117b4053ecaeed4083fe79e6fb7c4cdeaae58f0bd3900f9b3bedceb134b1 rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1445e509af69b249c95a8f8ad3a0675407ba417181752c2cfebfc47365eef5f0 i386 rsync-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: be5e8d48de31c5335b0396b1d1152bc6995f3c46d232da5d2942cb986856f253 rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 19a62d60aae8120e52942dfa8ffd91fa6d75462132c4884897adaefc57d3c148 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 SRPM rsync-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5f8696a7e05530e57b84d855ae2e1d4990d497098b7b707f75ecd7c3c013fc47 s390x rsync-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6b553090608b7878b8bf671a2797da4f842f2c043a77af7423e44f5ba2843b20 rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 237671a4d577a3ed4f974fb8c13833075c7655475e5ea07e3d858412c08dfda0 The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ .
A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-41035, CVSS 7.4 High) in rsync's extended attribute handling could allow for potential exploitation. The NVD data indicates rsync versions 3.0.1 through 3.4.1 are affected. Red Hat has issued a security update with fixed packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support, such as rsync-3.0.6-12.el6_10.3.