CVE-2026-116189

NameCVE-2026-116189
Descriptionrclone from 1.55.0 before 1.75.2 contains a signature verification bypass in stable selfupdate that trusts checksums from unsigned bytes preceding the PGP-clearsigned SHA256SUMS block. Attackers controlling the release distribution path can prepend an unsigned checksum line matching a malicious archive, causing selfupdate to install an attacker-controlled rclone executable.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rclone (PTS)bookworm1.60.1+dfsg-2vulnerable
trixie1.60.1+dfsg-4vulnerable
sid1.75.2-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rclonesource(unstable)1.75.2-1

Notes

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-w33h-3qgq-8mv8

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