CVE-2026-71312
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to v1.75.0, rclone interpolates remote SFTP paths into PowerShell hash commands in backend/sftp/sftp.go, and quoteOrEscapeShellPath escapes only ASCII apostrophe even though PowerShell treats U+2018, U+2019, U+201A, and U+201B as single-quote delimiters, allowing an attacker-controlled filename to terminate the intended path literal and append PowerShell statements that execute as the victim SSH account when server-side hashing is invoked. This issue is fixed in v1.75.0.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.0
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-05 21:16:58.867000
Last modified
2026-11-03 23:17:53.807000
View original CVE JSON
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"id": "CVE-2026-71312",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-05T21:16:58.867",
"lastModified": "2026-11-03T23:17:53.807",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to v1.75.0, rclone interpolates remote SFTP paths into PowerShell hash commands in backend/sftp/sftp.go, and quoteOrEscapeShellPath escapes only ASCII apostrophe even though PowerShell treats U+2018, U+2019, U+201A, and U+201B as single-quote delimiters, allowing an attacker-controlled filename to terminate the intended path literal and append PowerShell statements that execute as the victim SSH account when server-side hashing is invoked. This issue is fixed in v1.75.0."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "rclone",
"product": "rclone",
"versions": [
{
"version": "< 1.75.0",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"baseScore": 8.0,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.1,
"impactScore": 5.9
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],
"ssvcV203": [
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"ssvcData": {
"timestamp": "2026-08-07T03:55:22.763900Z",
"id": "CVE-2026-71312",
"options": [
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"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "no"
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{
"technicalImpact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
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},
"weaknesses": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-78"
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/e122fba1a57641b63a580aa26c026903a84e2e88",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.0",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8m-jhrm-w6j2",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8m-jhrm-w6j2",
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}