Upstream information

CVE-2026-88016 at MITRE

Description

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.75.1, when backend/local runs with --links, a source .rclonelink object can plant a symlink in the destination and later directory metadata is applied through that path. MkdirMetadata, writeMetadataToFile, and setTimes operate when Directory.translatedLink=false, so os.Chown, os.Chmod, os.Chtimes, and birth-time handling can bypass os.Root confinement and follow the symlink. An attacker controlling source contents can therefore apply selected ownership, permissions, modification times, or birth times to a file or directory outside the destination, with --metadata required for chmod and chown while modification time is applied by the normal directory workflow. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub)
Base Score 7.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1280040 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.2 govulncheck-vulndb Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Sep 11 13:48:38 2026
CVE page last modified: Sun Oct 11 16:08:44 2026