CVE-2026-93987Public exploitHinoki check available

Arbitrary host mounts via traversal volume names

Published Sep 19, 2026 · Updated Sep 19, 2026

Path traversal in Rclone rclone 1.56.0 through 1.75.0 allows local users to mount remote filesystems at arbitrary host paths. newVolume() joins an untrusted volume name to drv.root without checking confinement, after which checkMountpoint() creates the resolved directory and mounts the request-selected remote; restoreState() also trusted persisted mountpoints. Access to the Docker volume plugin socket, normally equivalent to Docker-daemon privileges, is required, and exploitation can shadow or disrupt host directories.

CVSS severity3.4
Low
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in Rclone rclone 1.56.0 through 1.75.0 allows local users to mount remote filesystems at arbitrary host paths. newVolume() joins an untrusted volume name to drv.root without checking confinement, after which checkMountpoint() creates the resolved directory and mounts the request-selected remote; restoreState() also trusted persisted mountpoints. Access to the Docker volume plugin socket, normally equivalent to Docker-daemon privileges, is required, and exploitation can shadow or disrupt host directories.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-93987
Published
Sep 19, 2026
Updated
Sep 19, 2026
Vendor
Rclone
Product
rclone
Classifications
CWE-22
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.56.0 <1.75.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Rclone · rcloneversion=1.56.0 <1.75.1

Published CVSS scores

3.4GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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