GHSA-cf44-9pgv-m4xc: github.com/rclone/rclone (CVE-2026-54572)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
github.com/rclone/rclone	Go	<1.74.4	1.74.4

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Rclone versions before 1.74.4 are vulnerable when run with `-l/--links` against a local destination. Symlink targets taken from an untrusted remote are not validated, so an attacker controlling that remote can make rclone create symlinks pointing anywhere on the victim's filesystem and write files through them, potentially overwriting files such as shell rc files or authorized_keys. Upgrade to rclone 1.74.4 or later. Avoid using `-l/--links` when syncing from remotes you do not trust.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.5	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L	CNA (GitHub_M)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0040, the 35th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:13 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:13 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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