Upstream information

CVE-2026-79779 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck) SUSE
Base Score 5.3 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Adjacent Network Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck)
Base Score 6
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1277723 [NEW]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Sep 1 12:05:34 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Sep 2 17:14:35 2026