CVE-2026-79779

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 99% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: August 25, 2026 (12 days ago)
Last Modified: August 25, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

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.

CWE

CWE-523

Affected Products

Cryostat 4Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 www.vulncheck.com