CVE-2026-41179: RClone: Unauthenticated operations/fsinfo allows attacker-controlled backend instantiation and local command execution
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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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
- github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/backend/webdav/webdav.go
- github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/operations/rc.go
- github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/bf55d5e6d37fd86164a87782191f9e1ffcaafa82/fs/rc/cache.go
- github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/2a9e952b38e03a96bf40c9eb6e8e22199865ee3b
- github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.73.5
- github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-jfwf-28xr-xw6q
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41179
- rclone.org/changelog/
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