# CVE-2026-59732 — rclone

> As of 2026-07-14, CVE-2026-59732 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in rclone, CVSS v3.1 5, EPSS 0.1% (4.1th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-59732 as of 2026-07-14; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-07-14

## What is CVE-2026-59732?

Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.74.4, rclone archive extract can write extracted files outside the user-selected destination prefix when extracting a crafted archive containing parent path components such as ../, allowing creation or overwrite of sibling objects in the same bucket or path scope. This issue is fixed in version 1.74.4.

The record classifies CVE-2026-59732 under weakness class [CWE-22](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-22). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 83 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 2.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-14

## Is CVE-2026-59732 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **rclone**: rclone

## How to fix CVE-2026-59732

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-59732 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-59732

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-59732, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-07-15. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-4vr5-p2gc-h23p)

**Other references**

- [github.com](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/1a746732441e8158f32fab35924b23701e719a8c)
- [github.com (d11efe0d58fe6a2d6d90675bb9d8ee5840c51e1d)](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/d11efe0d58fe6a2d6d90675bb9d8ee5840c51e1d)
- [github.com (v1.74)](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.74.4)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-59732
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-59732 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp