{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-49980: Rclone: Unauthenticated command execution in `rclone rcd --rc-serve` via inline remote instantiation, bypassing CVE-2026-41179 fix","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-49980","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-24T17:52:33.024Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-25T03:55:52.104Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-24T17:52:33.024Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.46.0 until 1.74.3, rclone rcd --rc-serve accepts unauthenticated GET and HEAD requests to paths of the form: /[remote:path]/object. The remote value is parsed from the URL and passed to normal backend initialization. Inline remote configuration can set backend options that execute local commands during initialization. As a result, a single unauthenticated GET or HEAD request can execute a command as the rclone process user. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.74.3.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-49980 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-49980"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49980"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-qw24-gh76-8rvv","url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-qw24-gh76-8rvv"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"rclone","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"rclone","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":">= 1.46.0, < 1.74.3","product":{"name":"rclone rclone >= 1.46.0, < 1.74.3","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone:\\>\\=_1.46.0\\,_\\<_1.74.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-49980","title":"Rclone: Unauthenticated command execution in `rclone rcd --rc-serve` via inline remote instantiation, bypassing CVE-2026-41179 fix","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.46.0 until 1.74.3, rclone rcd --rc-serve accepts unauthenticated GET and HEAD requests to paths of the form: /[remote:path]/object. The remote value is parsed from the URL and passed to normal backend initialization. Inline remote configuration can set backend options that execute local commands during initialization. As a result, a single unauthenticated GET or HEAD request can execute a command as the rclone process user. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.74.3.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"]}]}]}