{"id":"CVE-2026-79778","title":"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","summary":"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 connectio…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-248"],"vendor":"rclone","product":"github.com/rclone/rclone","affected":["github.com/rclone/rclone < 1.75.0"],"patched":["github.com/rclone/rclone 1.75.0"],"published":"2026-08-25","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T20:46:19.780","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79778","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-3x6r-wxxg-53vv","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-before-denial-of-service-via-tus-nil-response-panic","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-3x6r-wxxg-53vv","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/5871d98c368751a6d992ed64f8cd22cb78c44cee"},{"url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone"},{"url":"https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.0"}],"tags":["nvd","osv","go"],"epss":0.00233,"epssPercentile":0.14456,"aliases":["GHSA-3x6r-wxxg-53vv","GO-2026-6183"],"ecosystem":"go","ingestedAt":"2026-08-27T19:27:46.161Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79778","body":"## Overview\n\nrclone 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2026-79778)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `github.com/rclone/rclone < 1.75.0`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `github.com/rclone/rclone 1.75.0`\n\nSource: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3x6r-wxxg-53vv","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}