CVE-2026-59732
Prior to 1.74.4, rclone archive extract can write extracted files outside the user-selected destination prefix when extracting a crafted archive containing parent path components such as ../, allowing creation or overwrite of sibling objects in the same…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.74.4, rclone archive extract can write extracted files outside the user-selected destination prefix when extracting a crafted archive containing parent path components such as ../, allowing creation or overwrite of sibling objects in the same bucket or path scope. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- rclone/rclone
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/1a746732441e8158f32fab35924b23701e719a8cPatch
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/d11efe0d58fe6a2d6d90675bb9d8ee5840c51e1dPatch
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.74.4Release Notes
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-4vr5-p2gc-h23pExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-4vr5-p2gc-h23pExploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.