CVE-2026-41179
Critical · CVSS 9.8Rclone — Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via OS Command Injection in RC endpoint (CWE-78, CWE-306, CWE-94)
- CVSS
- 9.8
- nvd
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- No
- Class
- other
- CWE-78, CWE-306, CWE-94
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.
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References
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/backend/webdav/webdav.go
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/operations/rc.go
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/rc/cache.go
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/2a9e952b38e03a96bf40c9eb6e8e22199865ee3b
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.73.5
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
- https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-73-5-2026-04-19
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41179
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460988
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41179.json
Status: enriched · ingested 2026-06-30T06:00:22.000Z · profiled 2026-07-01T12:30:14.000Z