{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79783","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-11T08:47:32.900859249Z","published":"2026-08-25T16:17:30.383Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-79783"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-79783"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rclone","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rclone?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.60.1+dfsg-2","1.60.1+dfsg-3","1.60.1+dfsg-4","1.65.0+dfsg-1","1.65.0+dfsg-2","1.69.3+dfsg-1","1.69.3+dfsg-2","1.69.3+dfsg-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79783.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rclone","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rclone?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.60.1+dfsg-4","1.65.0+dfsg-1","1.65.0+dfsg-2","1.69.3+dfsg-1","1.69.3+dfsg-2","1.69.3+dfsg-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79783.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}