CVE-2026-35349

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.

• CWE-59

• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0Release Notes

Published

Apr 22, 2026

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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