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rclone — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71313

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From v1.51.0 until v1.75.0, the local backend in backend/local/local.go relies on the configurable filename encoder to prevent remote filename data from becoming operating-system path syntax, so a local destination using Slash, None, Raw, or on Windows an encoding that preserves backslash can decode a standard-encoded fullwidth dot-dot component or native backslash form into an actual parent-directory component before filepath.Join resolves it outside the configured local root, allowing an attacker-controlled source object to create or overwrite files outside the selected destination directory as the rclone process. This issue is fixed in v1.75.0.

Products
rclone
Affected versions
1.36-3, 1.36-3ubuntu0.1, 1.36-3ubuntu0.2, 1.47.0+ex1-6, 1.47.0+ex1-7, 1.49.5-2, 1.49.5-3, 1.50.2-2, 1.50.2-2ubuntu0.1, 1.50.2-2ubuntu0.2, 1.50.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1.53.3-1, 1.53.3-2, 1.53.3-4, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.1, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.2, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.3, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.3+esm1, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.4, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.4+esm1, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.5, 1.53.3-4ubuntu1.22.04.5+esm1, 1.60.1+dfsg-2build1, 1.60.1+dfsg-3, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.1, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.2, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.3, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.4, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.4+esm1, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.5, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.5+esm1, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.6, 1.60.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.24.04.6+esm1, 1.60.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2, 1.60.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3, 1.60.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3.1, 1.60.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3.1+esm1, 1.60.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3.2, 1.60.1+dfsg-4ubuntu3.2+esm1, 1.69.3+dfsg-3, 1.69.3+dfsg-3ubuntu1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-71313
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 03:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71313

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From v1.51.0 until v1.75.0, the local backend in backend/local/local.go relies on the configurable filename encoder to prevent remote filename data from becoming operating-system path syntax, so a local destination using Slash, None, Raw, or on Windows an encoding that preserves backslash can decode a standard-encoded fullwidth dot-dot component or native backslash form into an actual parent-directory component before filepath.Join resolves it outside the configured local root, allowing an attacker-controlled source object to create or overwrite files outside the selected destination directory as the rclone process. This issue is fixed in v1.75.0.

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Complete source record
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