Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 26.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
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
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-cf44-9pgv-m4xc