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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-2002 advisory.

    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. (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, rclone serve restic --private-repos enforces authorization using the routed     user path segment while building the backend object key from the raw uncleaned URL path, allowing an     authenticated user to include .. in a request such as //..//config and read, overwrite, or delete another     user's private repository on backends that clean path components. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.
    (CVE-2026-59733)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of rclone installed on the remote host is prior to 1.55.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3834 advisory.

    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. (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, rclone serve restic --private-repos enforces authorization using the routed     user path segment while building the backend object key from the raw uncleaned URL path, allowing an     authenticated user to include .. in a request such as //..//config and read, overwrite, or delete another     user's private repository on backends that clean path components. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.
    (CVE-2026-59733)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-54572)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
332031	Amazon Linux 2023 : rclone (ALAS2023-2026-2002)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
332003	Amazon Linux 2 : rclone, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3834 (ALAS-2026-3834)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
329722	openSUSE 16 Security Update : rclone (openSUSE-SU-2026:21436-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
327211	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-54572	Nessus	Misc.	high

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