CVE-2026-93987

MEDIUM CVSS 4.0: 4.6
Updated Sep 19, 2026
Rclone
Parameter Value
CVSS 4.6 (MEDIUM)
Affected Versions 1.56.0 — 1.75.1
Fixed In 1.75.1
Type CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)
Vendor Rclone
Public PoC No

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.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
High
Admin privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption

CVSS Vector v4.0

Vulnerable Products 1

Configuration From (including) Up to (excluding)
Rclone Rclone
cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.56.0 1.75.1