7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-88045
rclone: S3 multipart declared-length memory exhaustion
Description

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.75.0 until 1.75.1, the serve S3 streamed multipart path in cmd/serve/s3/multipart.go passes attacker-controlled contentLength to multipart.NewRW().Reserve before reading request-body bytes. waitForTurn admits the current part and one oversized part when the buffer is empty despite --multipart-streaming-buffer-limit, and lib/pool allocates 1 MiB pages according to Content-Length or X-Amz-Decoded-Content-Length. A network client can retain or multiply these reservations without sending the declared body, exhausting process or host memory or permanently blocking request handlers. Anonymous S3 deployments require no credentials, while deployments using auth_key require an accepted S3 key. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 10, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 10, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-88045 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rclone rclone
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update rclone to version 1.75.1 to address memory exhaustion vulnerabilities.
  • Update rclone to version 1.75.1.
  • Apply vendor patches if available.
  • Monitor resource utilization.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers. From 1.75.0 until 1.75.1, the serve S3 streamed multipart path in cmd/serve/s3/multipart.go passes attacker-controlled contentLength to multipart.NewRW().Reserve before reading request-body bytes. waitForTurn admits the current part and one oversized part when the buffer is empty despite --multipart-streaming-buffer-limit, and lib/pool allocates 1 MiB pages according to Content-Length or X-Amz-Decoded-Content-Length. A network client can retain or multiply these reservations without sending the declared body, exhausting process or host memory or permanently blocking request handlers. Anonymous S3 deployments require no credentials, while deployments using auth_key require an accepted S3 key. This issue is fixed in version 1.75.1.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-789
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/88xxx/CVE-2026-88045.json">CVE-2026-88045</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/7c1dfd99f3e6a22fcefd8686cc478226a15e63a1
    Added Reference https://github.com/rclone/rclone/commit/ab1f458013aaf6356e4bdeca61f7cb9139f8eb86
    Added Reference https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/9616
    Added Reference https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/tag/v1.75.1
    Added Reference https://github.com/rclone/rclone/security/advisories/GHSA-2p48-j3qc-rx9f
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