Red Hat Security Advisory: rsync security update
Affects Red Hat rsyncSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited : upgrade Red Hat rsync to 8.8.1 soon.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 05:57 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.5 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 8.8.1
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 Jan 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Red Hat rsync to 8.8.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| Red Hat Product Security Red Hat | Affected
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated rsync packages that fix the information leak vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0787 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official patch is the recommended mitigation. No additional or alternative mitigations are indicated by the vendor.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-12085) affecting the rsync utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 has been addressed. The flaw involves an information leak caused by uninitialized stack contents. Rsync is widely used for efficient file synchronization and mirroring. Red Hat has released an important security update to fix this issue in multiple architectures and variants of RHEL 8.8.