CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-35349

7.7 HIGH Published 2026-04-22 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-22
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• uutils coreutils (< 0.7.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References