Description
Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. Starting in version 1.48.0 and prior to version 1.73.5, the RC endpoint `operations/fsinfo` is exposed without `AuthRequired: true` and accepts attacker-controlled `fs` input. Because `rc.GetFs(...)` supports inline backend definitions, an unauthenticated attacker can instantiate an attacker-controlled backend on demand. For the WebDAV backend, `bearer_token_command` is executed during backend initialization, making single-request unauthenticated local command execution possible on reachable RC deployments without global HTTP authentication. Version 1.73.5 patches the issue.
References
- www.cve.org/CVERecord ↗
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41179 ↗
- github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/backend/webdav/webdav.go ↗
- github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/operations/rc.go ↗
- github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/rc/cache.go ↗
- github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/2a9e952b38e03a96bf40c9eb6e8e22199865ee3b ↗
- github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.73.5 ↗
- github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q ↗
- rclone.org/changelog/ ↗
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41179 ↗
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi ↗
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41179.json ↗
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