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Echo: rclone: security update to 1.75.1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478380

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. Prior to 1.75.1, when backend/local runs with --links, a source .rclonelink object can plant a
 symlink in the destination and later directory metadata is applied through that path. MkdirMetadata,
 writeMetadataToFile, and setTimes operate when Directory.translatedLink=false, so os.Chown, os.Chmod,
 os.Chtimes, and birth-time handling can bypass os.Root confinement and follow the symlink. An attacker
 controlling source contents can therefore apply selected ownership, permissions, modification times, or
 birth times to a file or directory outside the destination, with --metadata required for chmod and chown
 while modification time is applied by the normal directory workflow. This issue is fixed in version
 1.75.1. (CVE-2026-88016)

Solution

Update the rclone library and its related packages to version 1.75.1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-88016

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 478380

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Percentile: 57.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88016

IAVB: 2026-B-0256