Vulnerability in rclone (CVE-2026-41176)
Summary
Vulnerability in rclone (CVE-2026-41176). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.73.5 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. The RC endpoint options/set is exposed without AuthRequired: true, but it can mutate global runtime configuration, including the RC option block itself. Starting in version 1.45.0 and prior to version 1.73.5, an unauthenticated attacker can set rc.NoAuth=true, which disables the authorization gate for many RC methods registered with AuthRequired: true on reachable RC servers that are started without global HTTP authentication. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive administrative functionality, including configuration and operational RC methods. Version 1.73.5 patches the issue.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-41176 has been found in rclone.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade rclone to 1.73.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "rclone CVE-2026-41176" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-41176 (rclone) — CWE-306 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.73.5 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-306) exists in rclone.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of rclone.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 1.73.5.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'rclone' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'rclone' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
rcloneを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade rclone to 1.73.5ステージング環境で 1.73.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41176 rclone
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41176 rclone
References
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web access.redhat.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web security.access.redhat.com