CVE-2026-54572

high

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-cf44-9pgv-m4xc

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.74.4

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/874a804f5289517defdd7de68b2a374837080265

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/1154afebee986180b489084d38e2a0c578751498

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-14

Updated: 2026-07-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

Severity: High