Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-08-05T20:47:48 github.com/rclone/rclone: rclone: Path Traversal allows arbitrary file write 6.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L CWE-22

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.

A flaw was found in rclone, a command-line program for syncing files. The local backend's filename encoder, when configured in certain ways, can improperly decode remote filenames. This allows an attacker to craft a source object that, when processed, can create or overwrite files outside the intended destination directory.

This Moderate impact flaw in rclone allows an attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended directory. Exploitation requires a user to process a specially crafted remote source object with a vulnerable filename encoder configuration, increasing attack complexity and requiring user interaction. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 Fix deferred rhacm2/volsync-rhel9 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71313 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71313 https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/6a69713864b1d8f6edbc03d8af735f9624576d6e https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.0 https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567