{"id":"CVE-2026-35349","summary":"uutils coreutils Path-Based Safety Bypass with --preserve-root","details":"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 -\u003e /), potentially leading to the unintended recursive deletion of the entire root filesystem.","aliases":["GHSA-7cr3-h577-g38j"],"modified":"2026-07-08T08:12:58.534606729Z","published":"2026-04-22T16:07:59.808Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35349.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-59"],"cna_assigner":"canonical"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35349.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35349"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"995c9e04a6cc34a3a95b23a26fa59ae87e7744bd"}],"database_specific":{"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.0"}]}}],"versions":["0.6.0","latest-commit","0.5.0","0.4.0","0.3.0","0.2.2","0.2.0","0.1.0","0.0.30-delete","0.0.30","0.0.29","0.0.28","0.0.27","0.0.26","0.0.25","0.0.24","0.0.23","0.0.22","0.0.21","0.0.20","0.0.19","0.0.18","0.0.17","0.0.16","0.0.15","0.0.14","0.0.13","0.0.12","0.0.9","0.0.8","0.0.7","0.0.6","0.0.5","0.0.3","0.0.2","0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-35349.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"}]}