{"cve":"CVE-2024-52522","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-15T18:15:30.643","modified":"2026-06-17T08:07:22.983","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"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","score":5.4},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59","CWE-61","CWE-281"],"references":["https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/01ccf204f42b4f68541b16843292439090a2dcf0","https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:07.693694550+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-52522","score":0.00241,"percentile":0.15289,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hrxh-9w67-g4cv","summary":"Rclone has Improper Permission and Ownership Handling on Symlink Targets with --links and --metadata","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:20.808520882Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rclone/rclone","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rclone/rclone","ranges":[">=1.59.0 <1.68.2"],"fixed":["1.68.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3271","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3271","summary":"Rclone Improper Permission and Ownership Handling on Symlink Targets with --links and --metadata in github.com/rclone/rclone","modified":"2026-02-04T03:17:25.809335Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/rclone/rclone","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/rclone/rclone","ranges":[">=1.59.0 <1.68.2"],"fixed":["1.68.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}