rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.75.1, rclone core does not reject parent-directory segments in source Object.Remote() values before fs/list, fs/walk, fs/sync, and fs/operations pass those values to destination backends. A flat-keyspace source object store populated with native non-rclone tooling can contain a raw .. key segment, and affected b2, swift, qingstor, oracleobjectstorage, internetarchive, smb, storj, sftp, webdav, ftp, filelu, shade, and sia destinations use path.Join(root, remote) before EncodeDot can neutralize the segment. A copy or upload can therefore escape the configured root into another bucket, share, or path reachable by the victim credential, with sftp and smb potentially reaching other filesystem or share locations under the same login authority. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-38xv-hf3p-h7mq rclone: source object names can escape the configured root on upload
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rclone
Rclone rclone
Vendors & Products Rclone
Rclone rclone

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.75.1, rclone core does not reject parent-directory segments in source Object.Remote() values before fs/list, fs/walk, fs/sync, and fs/operations pass those values to destination backends. A flat-keyspace source object store populated with native non-rclone tooling can contain a raw .. key segment, and affected b2, swift, qingstor, oracleobjectstorage, internetarchive, smb, storj, sftp, webdav, ftp, filelu, shade, and sia destinations use path.Join(root, remote) before EncodeDot can neutralize the segment. A copy or upload can therefore escape the configured root into another bucket, share, or path reachable by the victim credential, with sftp and smb potentially reaching other filesystem or share locations under the same login authority. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.
Title rclone: source object names can escape the configured root on upload
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:47:32.868Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T21:22:45.433Z

Link: CVE-2026-88046

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:47:27.951Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-10T17:17:08.677

Modified: 2026-09-15T15:17:24.440

Link: CVE-2026-88046

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T16:14:49Z

Links: CVE-2026-88046 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T08:00:13Z

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