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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-71309 BIT-rclone-2026-71309EUVD-2026-53613GHSA-45pq-889g-fcghGO-2026-6184

rclone: Incomplete path validation allows backend root escape in serve restic

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.40.0 until 1.75.0, rclone serve restic does not correctly reject URL paths beginning with ../ in cmd/serve/restic/restic.go WithRemote, which accepts a leading parent path and passes it to GET, HEAD, POST, and DELETE handlers for configured backends including WebDAV, FTP, HTTP, Memory, and SFTP. An attacker who can access the REST endpoint may read, create, overwrite, or delete objects outside the path configured by the operator when the operator publishes a backend subdirectory and the backend credential can access parent or sibling objects. This issue is fixed in 1.75.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rclone rclone >= 1.40.0, < 1.75.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 rclone No fix yet —
Debian 12 rclone No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 rclone No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS rclone No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS rclone No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS rclone No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS rclone No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS rclone No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1
SLES 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling telegraf-1.38 1.38.4-r19 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/rclone/rclone >= 1.40.0, < 1.75.0 1.75.0 GHSA-45pq-889g-fcgh
Go github.com/rclone/rclone < 1.75.0 1.75.0 GO-2026-6184

Advisories 3

References