Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-93986rclone before 1.75.1 Path Traversal via Directory Listing Names

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity path traversal in rclone from rclone. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	rclone	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93986
Debian:13	rclone	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93986
Ubuntu:26.10	rclone	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93986

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
rclone	rclone	0 – before 1.75.1

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-3vxh-3pcx-9m8q) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: rclone before 1.75.1 Path Traversal via Directory Listing Names third-party-advisory