CVE-2026-78002

Rsyslog is a fast system for log processing. From versions 1.15.0 to 8.2610.0, rsyslog's omfile dynaFile facility intentionally allows templates to generate flexible output paths. A deployment becomes unsafe when a dynaFile template uses a value influenced by untrusted input as a path component without explicit secure-path handling, allowing the rendered path to escape the intended log directory. This is not limited to the RFC5424 HOSTNAME field. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

In Rsyslog from 7.5.4 until 8.2606.0, the optional mmpstrucdata plugin's parseSD_PARAM function stores RFC5424 parameter values in a fixed pVal[32 * 1024] stack buffer and calls parsePARAM_VALUE without supplying the destination size. A remote unauthenticated attacker whose crafted RFC5424 message reaches an action using mmpstrucdata can provide a parameter larger than the buffer, causing an attacker-controlled stack overwrite. This is fixed in version 8.2606.0.

In Rsyslog from 8.2110.0 until 8.2604.0, the optional imhttp module's parse_auth_header function allocates a zero-byte heap buffer with calloc(0, len) when an HTTP Basic Authorization value exceeds its fixed work buffer, then passes that pointer to apr_base64_decode. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send an oversized encoded credential to an imhttp endpoint configured for Basic Authentication, causing decoded data to overwrite adjacent heap memory before credential validation. This is fixed in version 8.2604.0.

An unauthenticated remote peer may lead rsyslogd to crash due to a flaw in the optional imptcp module. A crafted input sequence during oversize-frame recovery can cause an invalid internal message length and terminate rsyslogd. No confidentiality, integrity, privilege escalation, or code execution impact has been identified.