PT-2026-34485 · Unknown · Uutils Coreutils

Zellic · Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-04-23 · CVE-2026-35349

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.7

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions uutils coreutils (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw in the rm utility allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The system uses a path-string check instead of comparing device and inode numbers to identify the root directory. This allows a user to bypass the safeguard by using a symbolic link that resolves to the root directory, which could lead to the recursive deletion of the entire root filesystem.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-35349

GHSA-V762-X3CF-5MFG

Affected Products

Uutils Coreutils

References · 12

• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706 · Patch
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35349 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-35349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-35349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-35349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v762-x3cf-5mfg · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35349 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/commit/5e5968cdbc6618acd6c2402a8a98b503f278835e · Note
• https://github.com/uutils/coreutils · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2047012106223145009 · Twitter Post