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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Rclone vulnerabilities (USN-8299-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 316887

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8299-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Rclone incorrectly handled authorization in the remote control API. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-41176)

 It was discovered that Rclone incorrectly handled backend instantiation via the remote control API. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-41179)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev and / or rclone packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8299-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 316887

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8299-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2026

Updated: 5/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41179

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 8.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-github-rclone-rclone-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rclone, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41176, CVE-2026-41179

IAVB: 2026-B-0105

USN: 8299-1