rclone before v1.75.0 Information Disclosure via RC API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-209.
Summary
rclone before v1.75.0 includes full Go stack traces in RC API error responses when panics occur. Attackers can trigger panics to leak internal file paths, module versions, goroutine states, and memory addresses.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA rclone (rclone) Fixed in 1.75.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
rclone 1.75.0
5 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-55253 rclone before 1.75.0 Authentication Bypass via pprofPriority HIGH 70
- TI-2026-55257 rclone before v1.75.0 Credential Exposure via S3 RedirectPriority MEDIUM 60
- TI-2026-55255 rclone before v1.75.0 Denial of Service via TUS nil-response panicPriority MEDIUM 60
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cryostat 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79777
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fxp-9qgr-6fxw
References
More rclone vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-60044 rclone serve s3: --auth-proxy without --auth-key authenticates nobody - full SigV4 signature bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-29802 RClone: Unauthenticated operations/fsinfo allows attacker-controlled backend instantiation and local command execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-29799 Rclone: Unauthenticated options/set allows runtime auth bypass, leading to sensitive operations and command execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-60064 rclone: RC per-server auth-proxy bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-42602 Path traversal in rclone CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-60065 rclone: S3 multipart declared-length memory exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-79777 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-79777 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7fxp-9qgr-6fxw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-79777 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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