CVE-2026-88017

rclone: FTP cross-session auth-proxy backend confusion

State
Published
Severity
7.3 High
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Updated
Sep 11, 2026
Reserved
Sep 9, 2026

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Description

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.64.0 until 1.75.1, the FTP auth-proxy driver in cmd/serve/ftp/ftp.go stores one obscured password per username in the server-wide userPass map[string]string instead of binding the credential or VFS to the authenticated session. If two accepted credentials use the same username but resolve to different proxy backends, a later CheckPasswd login overwrites userPass[user], and subsequent getVFS operations on the first session are reauthorized with the later password. The first session can then read, create, overwrite, rename, or delete objects using the second credential’s backend authority. Exploitation requires the later same-username login to occur while the first session remains open. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-488 Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rclonerclone
  • >= 1.64.0, < 1.75.1Affected

References

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