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MEDIUM Received

CVE-2026-71313

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.

Published 05 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC Last modified 05 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC
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Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability Low
Exploitability1.6
Impact4.7
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