rclone serve s3 before 1.74.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to read and overwrite root-level files by using dot-dot segments in S3 object keys. Attackers can send requests with object keys like ../root-secret.txt to escape the bucket namespace and access files in the serve root directory.

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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description rclone serve s3 before 1.74.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to read and overwrite root-level files by using dot-dot segments in S3 object keys. Attackers can send requests with object keys like ../root-secret.txt to escape the bucket namespace and access files in the serve root directory.
Title rclone serve s3 Path Traversal via dot-dot object keys
First Time appeared Rclone
Rclone rclone
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rclone
Rclone rclone
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:29:20.262Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T14:32:37.762Z

Link: CVE-2026-79781

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:28:54.289Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-25T16:17:30.080

Modified: 2026-09-10T20:46:19.780

Link: CVE-2026-79781

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-25T15:16:10Z

Links: CVE-2026-79781 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:00:04Z

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