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GHSA-JG5V-4P8W-HWM3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-19 12:32 – Updated: 2026-09-19 12:32

Details

rclone versions 1.56.0 through 1.75.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the rclone serve docker volume plugin. newVolume() in cmd/serve/docker/volume.go computes a volume's mountpoint as filepath.Join(drv.root, name) from the attacker-supplied name field of a Docker VolumeDriver.Create request without verifying that the result stays within drv.root (default /var/lib/docker-volumes/rclone), and checkMountpoint() then creates that directory with file.MkdirAll before mounting. A volume name containing enough .. components (e.g. "../../../../../../etc") therefore resolves outside the base directory, allowing anyone able to submit a VolumeDriver.Create request to the plugin socket — normally the Docker daemon, or a workload that can request named volumes in a multi-tenant orchestration setup — to make the privileged rclone plugin process create a directory and mount a remote filesystem specified in the same request at an arbitrary host path, shadowing or disrupting system directories. The advisory notes Volume.restoreState() had the same missing validation when reloading persisted volume state. Fixed in 1.75.1.

Severity

3.4 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

4.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2026-09-19T12:32:11Z",
  "published": "2026-09-19T12:32:11Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93987"
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      "type": "WEB",
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CVE-2026-93987 (GCVE-0-2026-93987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-19 11:53 – Updated: 2026-09-19 11:53

Title

rclone serve docker Path Traversal via Volume Name

Summary

rclone versions 1.56.0 through 1.75.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the `rclone serve docker` volume plugin. newVolume() in cmd/serve/docker/volume.go computes a volume's mountpoint as filepath.Join(drv.root, name) from the attacker-supplied `name` field of a Docker VolumeDriver.Create request without verifying that the result stays within drv.root (default /var/lib/docker-volumes/rclone), and checkMountpoint() then creates that directory with file.MkdirAll before mounting. A volume name containing enough `..` components (e.g. "../../../../../../etc") therefore resolves outside the base directory, allowing anyone able to submit a VolumeDriver.Create request to the plugin socket — normally the Docker daemon, or a workload that can request named volumes in a multi-tenant orchestration setup — to make the privileged rclone plugin process create a directory and mount a remote filesystem specified in the same request at an arbitrary host path, shadowing or disrupting system directories. The advisory notes Volume.restoreState() had the same missing validation when reloading persisted volume state. Fixed in 1.75.1.

Severity

4.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

3.4 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisor…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-serve…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
rclone	rclone	Affected: 1.56.0 , < 1.75.1 (semver) Unaffected: 1.75.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone::::::::

Date Public

2026-09-04 00:00

Credits

iaohkut ncw

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