CVE-2026-79779
rclone versions before v1.75.0 fail to reject transport downgrades in redirect handling, allowing Basic authorization and Cookie headers to be replayed over plaintext HTTP after same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP redirects. An on-path attacker observing the plaintext hop can capture and reuse credentials to perform WebDAV operations with the compromised account's permissions.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 6
- CVSS 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
- EPSS probability
- 0.11%
- CWE
- CWE-319
- Published
- 2026-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-08-27
Affected products
- rclone rclone
- rclone rclone
Weakness type
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