CVE catalog
CVE-2020-28924
rclone: CVE-2020-28924
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.36% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in Rclone before 1.53.3. Due to the use of a weak random number generator, the password generator has been producing weak passwords with much less entropy than advertised. The suggested passwords depend deterministically on the time the second rclone was started. This limits the entropy of the passwords enormously. These passwords are often used in the crypt backend for encryption of data. It would be possible to make a dictionary of all possible passwords with about 38 million entries per password length. This would make decryption of secret material possible with a plausible amount of effort. NOTE: all passwords generated by affected versions should be changed.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rclone | sid | 1.75.2-2 | fixed |
| Debian | rclone | trixie | 1.60.1+dfsg-4 | fixed |
| Debian | rclone | bookworm | 1.60.1+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rclone | tumbleweed | 1.55.1-1.3 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rclone | leap 15.2 | 1.53.3-lp152.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | rclone | package hub 15 sp1 | 1.53.3-bp151.4.6.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rclone | leap 15.1 | 1.53.3-lp151.3.6.1 | fixed |
| Suse | rclone | package hub 15 sp2 | 1.53.3-bp152.2.4.11 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rclone | source | sid | 1.53.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975324] |
| Debian | rclone | source | trixie | 1.53.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975324] |
| Debian | rclone | source | bookworm | 1.53.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975324] |
| Opensuse | rclone | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.55.1-1.3 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11297-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rclone | rpm | leap 15.2 | 1.53.3-lp152.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2008-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | rclone | rpm | package hub 15 sp1 | 1.53.3-bp151.4.6.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2168-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rclone | rpm | leap 15.1 | 1.53.3-lp151.3.6.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2035-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | rclone | rpm | package hub 15 sp2 | 1.53.3-bp152.2.4.11 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0272-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [rclone-bash-completion]Unknown
Source package: [rclone]
Details (1)
1.75.0-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.55.1-1.3Version impact unknown
dsa · rclone · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [rclone-zsh-completion]Unknown
Source package: [rclone]
Details (1)
1.75.0-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.55.1-1.3Version impact unknown
dsa · rclone · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [rclone]Fixed
Source package: [rclone]
Details (1)
1.75.0-1.1· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
1.55.1-1.3dsa · rclone · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
Source package: [rclone]
Details (2)
1.60.1+dfsg-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · bookworm; dsa · rclone · debian · 12
1.60.1+dfsg-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · bookworm; dsa · rclone · debian · 12
- [rclone]Fixed
Source package: [rclone]
Details (2)
1.60.1+dfsg-2+b5· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · bookworm; dsa · rclone · debian · 12
1.60.1+dfsg-2+b5· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · bookworm; dsa · rclone · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Source package: [rclone]
Details (2)
1.60.1+dfsg-4· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · 13
1.60.1+dfsg-4· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · 13
- [rclone]Fixed
Details (2)
1.60.1+dfsg-4· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · 13
1.60.1+dfsg-4· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.53.3-1dsa · rclone · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2020_2008-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28924]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28924]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2008-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2035-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:2168-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0272-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11297-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28924]
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