CVE-2026-79778rclone before v1.75.0 Denial of Service via TUS nil-response panic
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rclone before v1.75.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the WebDAV TUS creation handler that dereferences a nil response before checking for transport errors. A malicious or compromised configured endpoint can reset connections during TUS uploads to trigger a panic that terminates unrecovered goroutines and halts unrelated work in long-lived processes.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-248
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
rclone rclone rclone:rclone (from the name) | before 1.75.0; 1.75.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-3x6r-wxxg-53vvvendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-before-denial-of-service-via-tus-nil-response-panicthird-party-advisory
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