Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Rclone versions from 1.59.0 before 1.68.2 are vulnerable. When copying to the local disk with both --links and --metadata, rclone applies ownership and permission changes to a symlink's target instead of the symlink itself. An unprivileged user who creates a symlink to a sensitive file, such as one in /etc, can gain ownership of that file when a privileged user or process later copies the directory. Upgrade to rclone 1.68.2 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | Medium | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0024, the 15th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC Confirmed by OSV