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SCA: security update for github.com/rclone/rclone (GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415938

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage
 providers. Insecure handling of symlinks with --links and --metadata in rclone while copying to local disk
 allows unprivileged users to indirectly modify ownership and permissions on symlink target files when a
 superuser or privileged process performs a copy. This vulnerability could enable privilege escalation and
 unauthorized access to critical system files, compromising system integrity, confidentiality, and
 availability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.68.2. (CVE-2024-52522)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415938

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 5/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52522

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52522

cwe: CWE-281