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CVE-2026-35363
A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows the bypass of safeguard mechanisms intended to protect the current directory. While the utility correctly refuses to delete . or .., it fails to recognize equivalent paths with trailing slashes, such as ./ or .///. An accidental or malicious execution of rm -rf ./ results in the silent recursive deletion of all contents within the current directory. The command further obscures the data loss by reporting a misleading 'Invalid input' er
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://github.com/uutils","defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"coreutils","platforms":["Linux","Unix","macOS"],"product":"coreutils","repo":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils","vendor":"Uutils"}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:25165d4a8dcbdcad18d8f0bf40e6e92ffac0b16da847edeaf5668d036e67ece5 · sha256:efd20c79c8fa7025… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:25165d4a8dcbdcad18d8f0bf40e6e92ffac0b16da847edeaf5668d036e67ece5 · sha256:efd20c79c8fa7025… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"tags":["issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9749"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:25165d4a8dcbdcad18d8f0bf40e6e92ffac0b16da847edeaf5668d036e67ece5 · sha256:efd20c79c8fa7025… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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