CVE-2026-88014
rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.72.0 until 1.75.1, the archive ZIP backend method (*Fs).readZip in backend/archive/zip/zip.go accepts archive/zip.File.Name values from an untrusted central directory and exposes cleaned entry names without ensuring that they remain inside the archive namespace. Entries such as ../../etc/cron.d/evil can survive path.Clean and become Object.Remote() values that fs/sync and fs/operations use as destination-relative paths, allowing rclone copy or sync to write outside the selected destination on backends that do not independently confine the path. The non-empty root check also used strings.HasPrefix without a path boundary, so root foo could incorrectly include sibling foobar entries. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-10
- Last modified
- 2026-09-10
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/5dae3adbf571a6cd9ba501eb47397a7e871e1ae0
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/6507e13d5a83789f500af96d7188c302c9d74d98
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.1
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-66hp-wgxq-6f5q
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-66hp-wgxq-6f5q