CVE-2026-116189
rclone from 1.55.0 before 1.75.2 contains a signature verification bypass in stable selfupdate that…
- Risk score
- 50/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Published
- 25 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- rclone from 1.55.0 before 1.75.2 contains a signature verification bypass in stable selfupdate that trusts checksums from unsigned bytes preceding the PGP-clearsigned SHA256SUMS block. Attackers controlling the release distribution path can prepend an unsigned checksum line matching a malicious archive, causing selfup…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 1.75.2 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
Original description
rclone from 1.55.0 before 1.75.2 contains a signature verification bypass in stable selfupdate that trusts checksums from unsigned bytes preceding the PGP-clearsigned SHA256SUMS block. Attackers controlling the release distribution path can prepend an unsigned checksum line matching a malicious archive, causing selfupdate to install an attacker-controlled rclone executable.
Last activity 25 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.