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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD2.0 Low

CVE-2026-79783

rclone before 1.74.4 Privilege Escalation via setuid Metadata

Description

rclone before 1.74.4 fails to mask special permission bits when applying source-supplied mode metadata in the local backend, allowing attackers to set setuid/setgid bits on attacker-controlled files. When copying with metadata preservation from an untrusted remote, attackers can plant a setuid binary that escalates privileges to root if rclone runs as root, or to the service account user otherwise.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

rclone rclone

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.74.4affected
  • 1.74.4unaffected
pkg:golang/github.com/rclone/rclone

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