---
id: CVE-2026-71313
title: >-
  rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from
  different cloud storage providers
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: rclone
product: github.com/rclone/rclone
affected:
  - 'github.com/rclone/rclone >= 1.51.0, <= 1.74.4'
patched:
  - github.com/rclone/rclone 1.75.0
published: '2026-08-05'
updated: '2026-09-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-09T20:50:00.950'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71313'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/6a69713864b1d8f6edbc03d8af735f9624576d6e
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567'
  - url: 'https://github.com/rclone/rclone'
tags:
  - nvd
  - ghsa
  - go
  - osv
epss: 0.00367
epssPercentile: 0.27888
aliases:
  - GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567
  - BIT-rclone-2026-71313
  - GO-2026-6186
ecosystem: go
ingestedAt: '2026-08-05T20:51:27.741Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-71313)

Affected packages:

- `github.com/rclone/rclone >= 1.51.0, <= 1.74.4`

Patched in:

- `github.com/rclone/rclone 1.75.0`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7p4m-qxvv-g567