CVE-2026-54572
Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.74.4, with -l/--links, rclone serializes symlinks as .rclonelink text objects and recreates them on a local destination without validating the target, allowing an attacker-controlled remote to plant an escaping symlink and cause a following object write to land outside the destination with attacker-chosen contents. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Analyzed - security-advisories@github.com
- Published
- 2026-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/1154afebee986180b489084d38e2a0c578751498
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/874a804f5289517defdd7de68b2a374837080265
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.74.4
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-cf44-9pgv-m4xc
