CVE-2026-59732: rclone Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-59732 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Path Traversal vulnerability in rclone. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 14-07-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 21-07-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.74.4, rclone archive extract can write extracted files outside the user-selected destination prefix when extracting a crafted archive containing parent path components such as ../, allowing creation or overwrite of sibling objects in the same bucket or path scope. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.