Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting rclone-fips package, versions <1.75.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-RCLONEFIPS-20147883
  • published26 Sept 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-79779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest rclone-fips to version 1.75.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1