{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35338","details":"A 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":"2026-05-14T14:41:05.295578Z","published":"2026-04-22T17:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-35338"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-35338"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35338"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10033"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rust-coreutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-coreutils@0.0.24-2?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.20-1","0.0.22-1","0.0.23-1","0.0.23-2","0.0.23-3","0.0.24-1","0.0.24-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"rust-coreutils","binary_version":"0.0.24-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35338.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rust-coreutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-coreutils@0.2.2-0ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.30-1","0.0.30-2","0.0.30-2ubuntu2","0.1.0-0ubuntu1","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu1","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu2","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu3","0.1.0+git20250711.2ba3a33-0ubuntu4","0.1.0+git20250801.cf79675-0ubuntu1","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu2","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu4","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu6","0.1.0+git20250813.4af2a84-0ubuntu7","0.2.2-0ubuntu1","0.2.2-0ubuntu2","0.2.2-0ubuntu2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"rust-coreutils","binary_version":"0.2.2-0ubuntu2.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35338.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}