CVE-2026-71312

HIGHPre-NVD 8.08.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.0 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 80% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
8.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to v1.75.0, rclone interpolates remote SFTP paths into PowerShell hash commands in backend/sftp/sftp.go, and quoteOrEscapeShellPath escapes only ASCII apostrophe even though PowerShell treats U+2018, U+2019, U+201A, and U+201B as single-quote delimiters, allowing an attacker-controlled filename to terminate the intended path literal and append PowerShell statements that execute as the victim SSH account when server-side hashing is invoked. This issue is fixed in v1.75.0.

CVSS v3
8.0
EG Score
8.0(medium)
EG Risk
36(Track)
EG Risk 36/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity80% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
20%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 7, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
github_release Patch Available

rclone v1.75.0

Patch available: rclone/rclone v1.75.0

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.0
github_commit

commit e122fba1a576 (rclone/rclone)

Fix landed in rclone/rclone commit e122fba1a576 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/e122fba1a57641b63a580aa26c026903a84e2e88
github Patch Available

PowerShell Smart-Quote Filename Injection Enables SFTP Server-Side Command Execution · Advisory · rclone/rclone · GitHub

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8m-jhrm-w6j2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71312(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rclone1.53.3-1 ... 1.69.3+dfsg-3 (13 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rclone1.60.1+dfsg-2 ... 1.69.3+dfsg-3 (8 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rclone1.60.1+dfsg-4 ... 1.69.3+dfsg-3 (6 versions)——
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/rclone/rclone—1.75.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 05:45 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-09 02:06 UTCEG score recompute
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  11. 2026-08-05 20:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71312?
CVE-2026-71312 is a high vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Prior to v1.75.0, rclone interpolates remote SFTP paths into PowerShell hash commands in backend/sftp/sftp.go, and quoteOrEscapeShellPath escapes only ASCII apostrophe even though…
When was CVE-2026-71312 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71312 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-71312 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71312 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 80.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71312?
CVE-2026-71312 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71312?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71312, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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