CVE-2026-71313
rclone: Local Encoding Path Traversal
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 5, 2026
Description
rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From v1.51.0 until v1.75.0, the local backend in backend/local/local.go relies on the configurable filename encoder to prevent remote filename data from becoming operating-system path syntax, so a local destination using Slash, None, Raw, or on Windows an encoding that preserves backslash can decode a standard-encoded fullwidth dot-dot component or native backslash form into an actual parent-directory component before filepath.Join resolves it outside the configured local root, allowing an attacker-controlled source object to create or overwrite files outside the selected destination directory as the rclone process. This issue is fixed in v1.75.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
rclonerclone |
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References
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