RCE in Rclone
CVE-2026-71312
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.003 (20.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Rclone — versions < 1.75.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-71312?
- CVE-2026-71312 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rclone, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2026-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2026-71312?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.