๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-88046

MEDIUM 5.3

rclone: source object names can escape the configured root on upload

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.75.1, rclone core does not reject parent-directory segments in source Object.Remote() values before fs/list, fs/walk, fs/sync, and fs/operations pass those values to destination backends. A flat-keyspace source object store populated with native non-rclone tooling can contain a raw .. key segment, and affected b2, swift, qingstor, oracleobjectstorage, internetarchive, smb, storj, sftp, webdav, ftp, filelu, shade, and sia destinations use path.Join(root, remote) before EncodeDot can neutralize the segment. A copy or upload can therefore escape the configured root into another bucket, share, or path reachable by the victim credential, with sftp and smb potentially reaching other filesystem or share locations under the same login authority. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor rclone
Product rclone
Published Sep 10, 2026
Last Updated Sep 15, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

rclone / rclone
< 1.75.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-38xv-hf3p-h7mq github.com: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/57842c5ee4e1407eda06a414a36510cce2db4252 github.com: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.1