CVE-2026-88014

rclone archive/zip: Zip Slip via unsanitized zip entry names lets a malicious archive escape its own namespace

Published Sep 10, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.72.0 until 1.75.1, the archive ZIP backend method (*Fs).readZip in backend/archive/zip/zip.go accepts archive/zip.File.Name values from an untrusted central directory and exposes cleaned entry names without ensuring that they remain inside the archive namespace. Entries such as ../../etc/cron.d/evil can survive path.Clean and become Object.Remote() values that fs/sync and fs/operations use as destination-relative paths, allowing rclone copy or sync to write outside the selected destination on backends that do not independently confine the path. The non-empty root check also used strings.HasPrefix without a path boundary, so root foo could incorrectly include sibling foobar entries. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-66hp-wgxq-6f5q rclone archive/zip: Zip Slip via unsanitized zip entry names lets a malicious archive escape its own namespace
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rclone
Rclone rclone
Vendors & Products Rclone
Rclone rclone
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.72.0 until 1.75.1, the archive ZIP backend method (*Fs).readZip in backend/archive/zip/zip.go accepts archive/zip.File.Name values from an untrusted central directory and exposes cleaned entry names without ensuring that they remain inside the archive namespace. Entries such as ../../etc/cron.d/evil can survive path.Clean and become Object.Remote() values that fs/sync and fs/operations use as destination-relative paths, allowing rclone copy or sync to write outside the selected destination on backends that do not independently confine the path. The non-empty root check also used strings.HasPrefix without a path boundary, so root foo could incorrectly include sibling foobar entries. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.
Title rclone archive/zip: Zip Slip via unsanitized zip entry names lets a malicious archive escape its own namespace
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 10, 2026, 4:12 PM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2026, 7:19 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 10, 2026, 4:18 PM
Modified
Sep 23, 2026, 8:39 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 10, 2026, 3:48 PM