What is GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx?

GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. rclone versions before v1.75.0 fail to reject transport downgrades in redirect handling, allowing...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx cover?

GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-79779. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx?

GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rxMediumCVSS 5.3

rclone versions before v1.75.0 fail to reject transport downgrades in redirect handling, allowing...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-79779 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-h4mf-4v27-hggj
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79779
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-before-webdav-credential-exposure-via-https-to-http-redirect
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mph-vxjp-r3rx