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 acc…
Exact source revision recorded 25 Oct 2026 08:17:41 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2026-35338
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Source analysis status: Analyzed
Weakness classifications: CWE-22
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published: 2026-04-22T17:16:35.583
lastModified: 2026-06-17T10:40:25.177
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- cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
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