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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Version Status Constraints
>= 1.51.0, < 1.75.0 affected —

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Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567 rclone: Local Encoding Path Traversal
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References
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https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/6a69713864b1d8f6edbc03d8af735f9624576d6e cve-icon
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.0 cve-icon
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567 cve-icon
History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title rclone: Local Encoding Path Traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-05T20:47:48.099Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T18:14:42.064Z

Link: CVE-2026-71313

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Updated: 2026-08-05T22:30:05Z

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