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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Description 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.
Title rclone 1.55.0 before 1.75.2 selfupdate Signature Verification Bypass via SHA256SUMS
First Time appeared Rclone
Rclone rclone
Weaknesses CWE-347
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rclone:rclone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rclone
Rclone rclone
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-25T13:20:25.148Z

Updated: 2026-10-25T13:20:25.148Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T12:27:12.266Z

Link: CVE-2026-116189

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