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CVE-2026-41176GHSA-25QR-6MPR-F7QXBIT-RCLONE-2026-41176GO-2026-4964

Rclone: Unauthenticated options/set allows runtime auth bypass, leading to sensitive operations and command execution

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.73.5
1 Nuclei template
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. The RC endpoint `options/set` is exposed without `AuthRequired: true`, but it can mutate global runtime configuration, including the RC option block itself. Starting in version 1.45.0 and prior to version 1.73.5, an unauthenticated attacker can set `rc.NoAuth=true`, which disables the authorization gate for many RC methods registered with `AuthRequired: true` on reachable RC servers that are started without global HTTP authentication. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive administrative functionality, including configuration and operational RC methods. Version 1.73.5 patches the issue.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • rclone rclone

    From 1.45.0 · fixed in 1.73.5

  • github.com/rclone/rcloneGo

    From 1.45.0 · fixed in 1.73.5

  • github.com/rclone/rcloneGo

    fixed in 1.73.5

References 4

GitHub · rclone/rclone

GitHub · projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates