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rclone -- Unauthenticated command execution in `rclone rcd --rc-serve` via inline remote instantiation

Affected packages
1.46.0 <= rclone < 1.74.3

Details

VuXML ID 0f3342e3-73ba-11f1-910d-3c7c3fba4204
Discovery 2026-06-24
Entry 2026-06-29

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-qw24-gh76-8rvv reports:

Rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.
From 1.46.0 until 1.74.3, rclone rcd --rc-serve accepts unauthenticated GET and HEAD requests to paths of the form: /[remote:path]/object.
The remote value is parsed from the URL and passed to normal backend initialization. Inline remote configuration can set backend options that execute local commands during initialization.
As a result, a single unauthenticated GET or HEAD request can execute a command as the rclone process user.

Thanks to Nick Craig-Wood for reporting this vulnerability.

References

CVE Name CVE-2026-49980
URL https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-49980
URL https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-qw24-gh76-8rvv