rclone before v1.75.0 Credential Exposure via S3 Redirect
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · 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-200.
Summary
rclone before v1.75.0 fails to sanitize IBM IAM bearer tokens and SSE-C encryption keys during S3 redirect callbacks, allowing credentials to be preserved across scheme or host changes. Attackers observing network traffic from a trusted endpoint can capture reusable IBM IAM tokens on same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP downgrades or SSE-C keys on cross-origin redirects to access protected S3 objects.
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-2026-55255 rclone before v1.75.0 Denial of Service via TUS nil-response panicPriority MEDIUM 60
- TI-2026-55254 rclone before v1.75.0 Information Disclosure via RC APIPriority MEDIUM 56
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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-2026-79780
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fj78-v5f5-cphq
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-2026-79780 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-79780 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fj78-v5f5-cphq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-79780 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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