CVE-2026-79779

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
24(Track)
EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

WebDAV Credentials Survive a Same-Host HTTPS-to-HTTP Redirect · Advisory · rclone/rclone · GitHub

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-h4mf-4v27-hggj

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79779(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-27 20:28 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-27 20:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-27 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-27 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-26 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-26 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-25 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-25 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-25 15:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79779?
CVE-2026-79779 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-79779 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79779 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79779 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79779 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79779?
CVE-2026-79779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79779?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79779, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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