{"id":"GHSA-9gqx-53gp-c8g3","summary":"Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism","details":"### Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-4c7q-4928-8445. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n### Original Description\nA vulnerability in the chmod utility of uutils coreutils allows users to bypass the --preserve-root safety mechanism. The implementation only validates if the target path is literally / and does not canonicalize the path. An attacker or accidental user can use path variants such as /../ or symbolic links to execute destructive recursive operations (e.g., chmod -R 000) on the entire root filesystem, leading to system-wide permission loss and potential complete system breakdown.","modified":"2026-09-10T03:51:01.391758643Z","published":"2026-04-22T18:31:44Z","withdrawn":"2026-07-06T17:41:39Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-29T22:36:35Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-04-22T17:16:35Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-22"],"severity":"HIGH"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35338"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10033"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/413055b378fa6fe2299c5e5f538c8e6e841ab810"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.6.0"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"coreutils","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/coreutils"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-9gqx-53gp-c8g3/GHSA-9gqx-53gp-c8g3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}