CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-53800

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 13, 2026Sources checked Sep 12, 2026

4.7MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-53800 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.7. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-53800?

rsync before 3.5.0 contains a symlink race condition vulnerability in the --remove-source-files feature that allows attackers with symlink creation access to cause arbitrary file deletion. Attackers can atomically substitute a symlink for a source file between transfer completion and the unlink() call, causing rsync to delete the symlink target rather than the intended source file.