FKIE_CVE-2026-35349

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-22 17:16 - Updated: 2026-04-27 12:28
Severity
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706Issue Tracking, Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttps://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0Release Notes
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
uutils coreutils *
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