CVE-2026-41179RClone: Unauthenticated operations/fsinfo allows attacker-controlled backend instantiation and local command execution
- 9.2CriticalCVSS base score
- 8.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- RClone RC - Command Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-41179.yamlSeverity critical
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical9.2 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | Critical9.2 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.6% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.2.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/rclone/rcloneGHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q (opens in a new tab)
References
References10
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/2a9e952b38e03a96bf40c9eb6e8e22199865ee3b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/backend/webdav/webdav.go (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/operations/rc.go (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/rc/cache.go (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.73.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://rclone.org/changelog/#v1-73-5-2026-04-19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2460988 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41179.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-25144 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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