# CVE-2026-79778

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-79778
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-248
- **Published:** Aug 25, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Aug 25, 2026

## Description

rclone before v1.75.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the WebDAV TUS creation handler that dereferences a nil response before checking for transport errors. A malicious or compromised configured endpoint can reset connections during TUS uploads to trigger a panic that terminates unrecovered goroutines and halts unrelated work in long-lived processes.

## Affected Products

- rclone — rclone (0)
- rclone — rclone (1.75.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-3x6r-wxxg-53vv)
- [CNA](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-before-denial-of-service-via-tus-nil-response-panic)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.23%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 14.2

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._