CVE-2026-116189

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-116189",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:16:59.120",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T20:17:28.630",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "rclone from 1.55.0 before 1.75.2 contains a signature verification bypass in stable selfupdate that trusts checksums from unsigned bytes preceding the PGP-clearsigned SHA256SUMS block. Attackers controlling the release distribution path can prepend an unsigned checksum line matching a malicious archive, causing selfupdate to install an attacker-controlled rclone executable."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "product": "rclone",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageURL": "pkg:golang/github.com/rclone/rclone",
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            {
              "version": "1.55.0",
              "lessThan": "1.75.2",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "1.75.2",
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              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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        }
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      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-347"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-w33h-3qgq-8mv8",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rclone-1.55.0-before-1.75.2-selfupdate-signature-verification-bypass-via-sha256sums",
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
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}