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CVE-2026-71311

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.24% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-05 · Last synced 2026-08-16

CyberRota Analysis

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The vulnerability affects rclone versions prior to 1.75.0, specifically in the FTP backend where it improperly handles CR/LF characters, allowing an attacker to inject unauthorized FTP commands during file operations. This could lead to unauthorized access or manipulation of files on more-privileged FTP destinations. Organizations using rclone for file synchronization should prioritize upgrading to version 1.75.0 to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-71311
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
0.24%
GitHub

Original NVD Description

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to 1.75.0, a valid but nondefault FTP filename encoding in backend/ftp/ftp.go can restore raw CR/LF immediately before an attacker-controlled path is interpolated into the line-oriented FTP control channel, and github.com/jlaffaye/ftp formats the argument through textproto.Conn.Cmd without rejecting CR or LF, allowing a filename such as victim CRLF DELE other-secret CRLF NOOP to inject an independent authenticated FTP command when the victim copies or syncs to a more-privileged FTP destination. This issue is fixed in 1.75.0.