Vulnerability in rclone (CVE-2026-93987)
Summary
Vulnerability in rclone (CVE-2026-93987). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via name. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.75.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-93987 has been found in rclone.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like name over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.4/10.
What to do: upgrade rclone to 1.75.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "rclone CVE-2026-93987" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-93987 (rclone) — CWE-73 / CVSS v3 3.4
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Attack surface: name
Patched: 1.75.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-73) exists in rclone. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via name.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of rclone. Attack surface: name.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.75.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'rclone' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'rclone' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
rcloneを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade rclone to 1.75.1ステージング環境で 1.75.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93987 rclone
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93987 rclone
References
- web github.com
- web vulncheck.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com