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CVE-2026-35349

A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The implementation uses a path-string check rather than comparing device and inode numbers to identify the root directory. An attacker or accidental user can bypass this safeguard by using a symbolic link that resolves to the root directory (e.g., /tmp/rootlink -> /), potentially leading to the unintended recursive deletion of the entire root filesystem.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:513b11d5e447c624ab75912646a4413d2aea7685e73de9c340691e05ded67104
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"collectionURL":"https://github.com/uutils","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"coreutils","platforms":["Linux","Unix","macOS"],"product":"coreutils","repo":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils","vendor":"Uutils","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.7.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5701ee95a8fc16c6fbea8d9f9f51ff0b63408a9845e54b27c08950489c4b9a78 · sha256:1df14feefe529c8e… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5701ee95a8fc16c6fbea8d9f9f51ff0b63408a9845e54b27c08950489c4b9a78 · sha256:1df14feefe529c8e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5701ee95a8fc16c6fbea8d9f9f51ff0b63408a9845e54b27c08950489c4b9a78 · sha256:1df14feefe529c8e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"tags":["issue-tracking","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5701ee95a8fc16c6fbea8d9f9f51ff0b63408a9845e54b27c08950489c4b9a78 · sha256:1df14feefe529c8e… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5701ee95a8fc16c6fbea8d9f9f51ff0b63408a9845e54b27c08950489c4b9a78 · sha256:1df14feefe529c8e… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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