CVE-2024-52522
Rclone Improper Permission and Ownership Handling on Symlink Targets with --links and --metadata
Description
Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Insecure handling of symlinks with --links and --metadata in rclone while copying to local disk allows unprivileged users to indirectly modify ownership and permissions on symlink target files when a superuser or privileged process performs a copy. This vulnerability could enable privilege escalation and unauthorized access to critical system files, compromising system integrity, confidentiality, and availability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.68.2.
How to fix CVE-2024-52522
To remediate CVE-2024-52522, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.68.2 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.68.2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.68.2 or later
Is CVE-2024-52522 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 1.59.0, < 1.68.2
- from 0
- >= 1.59.0, < 1.68.2
- >= 1.59.0, < 1.68.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |