{
    "id": "CVE-2017-17434",
    "published": "2017-12-06 03:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:10:47",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "The daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, does not check for fnamecmp filenames in the daemon_filter_list data structure (in the recv_files function in receiver.c) and also does not apply the sanitize_paths protection mechanism to pathnames found in \"xname follows\" strings (in the read_ndx_and_attrs function in rsync.c), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.",
    "epss_score": "0.03271",
    "epss_percentile": "0.88091",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "samba",
            "product": "rsync"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=170",
        "https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5509597decdbd7b91994210f700329d8a35e70a1",
        "https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70aeb5fddd1b2f8e143276f8d5a085db16c593b9",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068",
        "http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=170",
        "https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5509597decdbd7b91994210f700329d8a35e70a1",
        "https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70aeb5fddd1b2f8e143276f8d5a085db16c593b9",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068"
    ]
}