Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting rclone package, versions <0:1.75.1-1.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-RCLONE-20246633
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-79782  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 rclone to version 0:1.75.1-1.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3129.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rclone package and not the rclone package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

rclone before 1.74.4 fails to strip the X-Amz-Security-Token header when an S3 redirect changes scheme from HTTPS to HTTP on the same host. Attackers can intercept plaintext HTTP traffic to capture AWS STS session tokens sent in request headers.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1