CVE•Published 2026-08-25•Modified 2026-09-10•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-79783
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
3.6
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
4
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 96% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
rclone before 1.74.4 fails to mask special permission bits when applying source-supplied mode metadata in the local backend, allowing attackers to set setuid/setgid bits on attacker-controlled files. When copying with metadata preservation from an untrusted remote, attackers can plant a setuid binary that escalates privileges to root if rclone runs as root, or to the service account user otherwise.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-25
Modified 2026-09-10
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-79783Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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