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.

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 quoteOrEscapeS…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

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.