Description
Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.74.4, rclone archive extract can write extracted files outside the user-selected destination prefix when extracting a crafted archive containing parent path components such as ../, allowing creation or overwrite of sibling objects in the same bucket or path scope. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.
Severity (CVSS)
| Base score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Severity | Medium |
| Version | CVSS 3.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Provided by | CNA |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 — CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rclone | rclone | < 1.74.4 |
References
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-4vr5-p2gc-h23p (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/1a746732441e8158f32fab35924b23701e719a8c (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/d11efe0d58fe6a2d6d90675bb9d8ee5840c51e1d (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.74.4 (x_refsource_MISC)
Generated from the official CVE List on 15 Jul 2026 07:06 UTC.