CVE-2026-70454
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
8.9th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-295
Published 2026-08-13 · modified 2026-09-08
Description
rsync 3.2.0 through 3.2.3 (openssl mode) and rsync-ssl through 3.4.4 (stunnel mode) contain a TLS certificate validation vulnerability that allows on-path attackers to intercept encrypted sessions by presenting self-signed or otherwise invalid certificates. Attackers can exploit the failure to validate server TLS certificates against a trusted CA or verify certificate hostname matching to decrypt or tamper with rsync session content without detection by the client.