| Name | CVE-2026-79779 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1145670 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rclone (PTS) | bookworm | 1.60.1+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1.60.1+dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1.69.3+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| rclone | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1145670 |
Notes
[trixie] - rclone <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - rclone <postponed> (Limited support, minor issue)
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-h4mf-4v27-hggj