Medium severity · published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-88013
rclone: http backend forwards custom/auth headers to a different host on redirect
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.49.0 until 1.75.1, the HTTP backend attaches headers configured through --http-headers or headers= to requests in backend/http/http.go, while its fshttp.NewClient client follows redirects without a backend-specific http.Client.CheckRedirect policy. A configured remote that redirects to another host can therefore cause custom secrets such as X-Api-Key to be resent to that untrusted destination, and a same-host HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect can expose Authorization or Cookie headers in cleartext. Listing, stat, download, mount, and serve operations can trigger the leak during normal use. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RC
rclone · rclone
>= 1.49.0, < 1.75.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88013
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88013
Patch
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/22859b7e696cea3c563c6ba04c6b7f91f74456b4
Patch
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/79fbc0842f74e02cb84f0e3e7261d169983c8831
Patch
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/925fb4fb21eb25e75cd1b64fdd17ded857784bfc
Release Notes
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.1
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-486v-q2wf-fp2r
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