{"id":"CVE-2024-52522","aliases":["BIT-rclone-2024-52522","GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv","GO-2024-3271"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52522","summary":"Rclone  Improper Permission and Ownership Handling on Symlink Targets with --links and --metadata","details":"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.","published":"2024-11-15T17:15:43.357Z","modified":"2026-07-15T01:48:59.996929529Z","cvss":null,"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rclone/rclone","fixedVersion":"1.68.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/01ccf204f42b4f68541b16843292439090a2dcf0","label":"rclone/rclone@01ccf20"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/52xxx/CVE-2024-52522.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52522"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/01ccf204f42b4f68541b16843292439090a2dcf0"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-15T01:48:59.996929529Z"}}