CRITICALCVE-2026-41179Published Modified CNA GitHub_M
CVE-2026-41179: RClone: Unauthenticated operations/fsinfo allows attacker-controlled backend instantiation and local command execution
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.
Metrics
- CVSS v4.0
- 9.2
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- Fixed in
- —
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- rclone / rclone>= 1.48.0, < 1.73.5
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NReferences
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/2a9e952b38e03a96bf40c9eb6e8e22199865ee3b
- 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/releases/tag/v1.73.5
- https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-73-5-2026-04-19