Critical severity · published Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2026-41179
RClone: Unauthenticated operations/fsinfo allows attacker-controlled backend instantiation and local command execution
9.8
CVSS
8.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RC
rclone · rclone
>= 1.48.0, < 1.73.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41179
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41179
Product
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/backend/webdav/webdav.go
Product
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/operations/rc.go
Product
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/rc/cache.go
github.com
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/2a9e952b38e03a96bf40c9eb6e8e22199865ee3b
github.com
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.73.5
Exploit
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
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