# CVE-2026-88013: rclone: http backend forwards custom/auth headers to a different host on redirect

- Also known as: GHSA-486V-Q2WF-FP2R, BIT-RCLONE-2026-88013, GO-2026-6463
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.75.1
- Published: 2026-09-10 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- rclone: from 1.49.0, fixed in 1.75.1
- github.com/rclone/rclone (Go): from 1.49.0, fixed in 1.75.1

## Description

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.49.0 until 1.75.1, the HTTP backend attaches headers configured through --http-headers or headers= to requests in backend/http/http.go, while its fshttp.NewClient client follows redirects without a backend-specific http.Client.CheckRedirect policy. A configured remote that redirects to another host can therefore cause custom secrets such as X-Api-Key to be resent to that untrusted destination, and a same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect can expose Authorization or Cookie headers in cleartext. Listing, stat, download, mount, and serve operations can trigger the leak during normal use. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rclone, github.com/rclone/rclone, upgrade to a fixed version (1.75.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-486v-q2wf-fp2r
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/22859b7e696cea3c563c6ba04c6b7f91f74456b4
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/79fbc0842f74e02cb84f0e3e7261d169983c8831
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/925fb4fb21eb25e75cd1b64fdd17ded857784bfc
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.1

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