CVE-2026-88017: rclone: FTP cross-session auth-proxy backend confusion

The FTP auth-proxy driver stores one obscured password per username in a server-wide map. It does not bind the credential or returned VFS to the authenticated FTP session. If two accepted credentials use the same username but resolve to different proxy backends, the later login overwrites the map entry. Subsequent operations on the first, still-authenticated session are re-authorized with the later session’s password and execute against the later session’s backend.

This is not exploitable in every auth-proxy deployment. It requires a proxy that accepts distinct credentials for the same username and returns different roots or backend configurations, plus a later login while the attacker’s session remains open. The behavior is nevertheless within the supported model: cmd/serve/proxy keys VFS entries by username, authentication material, and client IP specifically so a new credential can produce a fresh backend.

Confirmed affected versions are v1.75.0 and development commit 5629f2668c69149bf3d9d8e2a25bb32a2648606e. The username-global map was introduced in v1.64.0, but versions before credential-aware proxy caching may require cache expiration or different timing and are not claimed as confirmed here.