CVE-2026-49980

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 55.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-07.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-06-24 17:52Z4 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-10 12:05Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-06-02

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase
• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

965af263f2afef41b42bfbfaa48f049984a72abb215e29402952c1ebb7324d02

• github.comhttps://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-qw24-gh76-8rvvx_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49980vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2492478https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492478issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-49980.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex