---
id: CVE-2026-93986
title: >-
  rclone before 1.75.1 fails to confine names from server and third-party
  listing responses to the listed directory, allowing path traversal sequences
  in object names
summary: >-
  rclone before 1.75.1 fails to confine names from server and third-party
  listing responses to the listed directory, allowing path traversal sequences
  in object names. Attackers can craft special names containing forward slashes
  and parent…
severity: low
cvss: 3.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: rclone
product: rclone
affected:
  - rclone < 1.75.1
published: '2026-09-19'
updated: '2026-09-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-22T20:25:55.870'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93986'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-3vxh-3pcx-9m8q'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-before-1.75.1-path-traversal-via-directory-listing-names
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-93986.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93986'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2538671'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93986'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93986'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00288
epssPercentile: 0.18963
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-21T16:22:58.377796Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-19T12:02:33.562Z'
---

## Overview

rclone before 1.75.1 fails to confine names from server and third-party listing responses to the listed directory, allowing path traversal sequences in object names. Attackers can craft special names containing forward slashes and parent directory references to potentially write outside the destination root, though downstream protections in the local backend currently block actual file escape.

## Remediation

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

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Cryostat 4, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 · no fix planned: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2, Cryostat 4 · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-93986.json)